Head Injury

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Test:

X-ray skull & neck, CT, Hb, WCC, B.electrolytes,B.glucose, BUN, U.M/C/S. Results vary. See Pa­thology for interpretation

Sign:

CSF loss from ear or nose, pupil size and reac-tion, corneal reflex, gag reflex, tendon reflexes, joint flaccidity; neck stiffness, nystagmus, slurred speech, papilloedema, amnesia

Dd:

Subarachnoid haemorrhage, stroke, subdural haemorrhage, intracranial tumour or abscess, meningitis

Phys: