The neurological manifestations of blast trauma to the brain
Golovkin, V.I.; Glaznikov, L.A.
Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal 8: 37-38
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9050 PMID: 1755224 Document Number: 369698
The article describes mechanisms of cerebral injuries and clinical symptomatology of light and medium trauma. It is stressed that a certain succession in medical and diagnostical measures must be observed, as well as physicians of several medical specialties must participate in the treatment of such cases. There is a description of morphological picture of cerebrum in this type of trauma. The article also shows pathogenetical and clinical differences between burst and mechanical brain injuries.