Brain injury and dementia in Pakistan: current perspectives

MM Adamson, S Shakil, T Sultana, MA Hasan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 50–75% of
all cases, with a greater proportion of individuals affected at older age range. A single …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-cultural adaptation of the urdu version of rosenbaum concussion knowledge and attitude survey—student version in Pakistan

M Mahfooz, YE Noh, EW Teo - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Evaluating athletes' knowledge of and attitudes toward sports-related concussions is
important. However, there is limited research involving South Asian athletes, partly due to …

Influence of sex and muscarinic activity on memory retrieval in mouse model of traumatic brain injury

H Rashid, T Ahmed - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious global risk factor leading to the onset of cognitive
impairment and neurodegenerative diseases. Cognitive and memory impairment following a …

Machine learning to predict passenger mortality and hospital length of stay following motor vehicle collision

JPG Kolcun, B Covello, JE Gernsback, I Cajigas… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) account for 1.35 million deaths and cost $518
billion US dollars each year worldwide, disproportionately affecting young patients and low …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and impact of traumatic brain injury at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective cohort study

FS Alghamdi Jr, DM Alsabbali, YH Qadi, SM Albugami… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives The objectives of this study are to explore the most common causes, patterns,
and severities of head traumas, to evaluate the outcomes of traumatic head injury (TBI) …

Identifying needs, vulnerabilities and resources in refugee persons and groups

T Wenzel, S Völkl-Kernstock, TU Wittek… - An Uncertain Safety …, 2019 - Springer
The global increase in refugees has led to a number of critical challenges, which should be
addressed by an interdisciplinary approach to permit identification and understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Cranial CT scan evaluation of morphological variations and location of pterion in Pakistani male population for lateral neurosurgical approach

A Rafi, S Sayeed, MI Anwar - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To determine the morphological variations and location of pterion in Pakistani
male population. Methods: This retrospective observational study was carried out in the …

Sports-related concussion history, reporting behaviours, knowledge, and attitudes in Pakistani university student-athletes.

M Mahfooz, YE Noh, EW Teo, Z Savila - Journal of Pakistan Medical …, 2024 - go.gale.com
Sports-related concussions (SRCs) are among the most frequent sports-related injuries and
have been recognised as a significant public health concern. 1, 2 Each year, up to 3.8 …

Computed tomography scan findings in various modes of head injury, using ge optima 128 slice ct scanner

N Khattak, M Riaz, R Iqbal, S Hussain… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2022 - pjmhsonline.com
Background: Head injury is a global health problem that can cause disability and may result
in death. CT scan detects and precisely localizes the skull fractures, epidural/subdural …

Forensic and clinical significance of serum amylase, lipase and gamma glutamyl transferase as predictors of outcome in head injured patients

MMA El-Noor, NM ElHosary, HI Elatrozy… - Journal of Forensic and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Head trauma is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Combined
head lesions consist of more than one form of lesions. Biochemical markers of brain injury …