TY - JOUR AU - Whatmore, W J AB - MALONEY AND WHATMORE: FATAL HEAD INJURIES CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN FATAL HEAD INJURIES A 5-YEAR SURVEY OF 173 CASES BY A. F. J. MALONEY AND W. J. WHATMORE DEPARTMGNT OF PATHOLOGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL NEUROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH THE number of patients suffering head injuries and medicolegal considerations the autopsies were carried requiring admission to neurosurgical units is out by the police surgeons; secondly, if comprehensive increasing. Thus in the years 1962-6 inclusive clinical details were not available. the annual numbers of patients admitted with head One of us (A. F. J. M.) either conducted or super- injury to the Traumatic Neurosurgical Unit, Royal vised the conduction of the autopsy examinations in all cases now to be considered. Infirmary, Edinburgh, were 830, 691, 941, 1020, and 21, fi ..... ..... ::::::::: ..... .:.:.:.:. :s:::: ......... t 11% :w 20 t 16 ......... 50- rn Q, LL 10- w a 2E 30- AGE IN DECADES .:.=. ..... ..... ..... ..... .:.:.:.:. 20 ..... ..... ......... ......... ..... ..... P ......... ..... 3 ..... ..... u ..... ..... ..... ..... - ......... ......... ..... .:.:.:.:. 11 HOURS DAYS WEEKS MONTHS <21 <7 <1 16 FEMALES SURVIVAL TIME FIG. TI - Clinical and pathological observations in fatal head injuries. A 5-year survey of 173 cases JF - British Journal of Surgery DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800560106 DA - 1969-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/clinical-and-pathological-observations-in-fatal-head-injuries-a-5-year-ar4bSf3PV0 SP - 23 EP - 31 VL - 56 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -