Related Journal

Traffic Injury Prevention [1]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Traffic_and_Motor_Vehicle_Safety_Act

Pathophysiology

Though it is more likely to cause infection, penetrating trauma is similar to closed head injury such as cerebral contusion or intracranial hemorrhage in a number of ways. As in closed head injury, intracranial pressure is likely to increase due to swelling or bleeding, potentially crushing delicate brain tissue. Most deaths from penetrating trauma are caused by damage to blood vessels, which can lead to intracranial hematomas and ischemia, which can in turn lead to a biochemical cascade called the ischemic cascade. The injury in penetrating brain trauma is mostly focal (affects a specific area of tissue).[2]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_head_injury

Common types of injuries

Serious bodily injury is any injury to the body that involves a substantial risk of death to the victim.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injury

Types

The damage from TBI can be focal, confined to one area of the brain, or diffuse, involving more than one area of the brain. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with concussion (a shaking of the brain in response to sudden motion of the head), diffuse axonal injury, or coma. Localized injuries may be associated with neurobehavioral manifestations, hemiparesis or other focal neurologic deficits.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury

Characteristics

Patients typically have several focal white matter lesions of variable size (1-15 mm) in a characteristic distribution. Areas most vulnerable to injury are the frontal and temporal lobes (Boone and de Montfort, 2002). Other common locations for DAI include the white matter in the cerebral cortex, the corpus callosum, the superior cerebral peduncles, basal ganglia, thalamus, and deep hemispheric nuclei (Smith and Greenwald, 2003; Stock and Singer, 2004). These areas may be more easily damaged because the difference in density between them and the rest of the brain (Stock and Singer, 2004).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_axonal_injury

Symptoms

Presentation varies according to the injury. Some patients with head trauma stabilize and other patients deteriorate. A patient may present with or without neurologic deficit.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_injury

Bibliography

Die Rolle des Staatsanwaltes Erfahrungen in Europa - Il ruolo del Pubblico Ministero Esperienze in Europa - Le role du Magistrat du Parquet Expériences en Europe - The role of the Public Prosecutor Experiences in Europe - Vecchiarelli Editore Manziana (Roma) 2005 ISBN 88-8247-156-X

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor