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A post-traumatic headache patient was experiencing "flashing lights" in her visual field that correlated with sharp waves on the EEG. Phenytoin markedly improved the symptoms. The value of the EEG in post-traumatic headaches is reviewed. The use of phenytoin in headache syndromes and in prevention
The clinical course of patients admitted following minor head injuries (Glasgow Coma Score [GCS] 13-15) has been studied less extensively than in severely head injured patients. Admission criteria, methods and indications for radiological evaluation are controversial. To study this further, a
From 1476 hospital admissions with head injury, 37 patients were selected on the basis of distinctive clinical features which appeared to share a single and benign aetiology. In head injuries of this type, transient neurological disorders resulted from trivial or rather mild head injuries. These
The American Civil War and Weir Mitchell were instrumental in the birth of American clinical neurology. Before this period, medical practice in frontier America was undisciplined and inchoate. In these times, Fort Scott, a federal military outpost in what was then Indian territory (now Kansas),
BACKGROUND
The occurrence of any intracranial bleeding is highly significant from an aeromedical risk perspective and potentially career-ending for a military aviator. Where it arises from head trauma, there is always concern regarding ongoing risk of post-traumatic epilepsy.
METHODS
A 26-yr-old