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Psychiatric and mental health nurses in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps employing groundbreaking protocols and treatments in psychiatric issues to address the unique challenges that our service men and women face, [1] more commonly post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. [2]
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of head and face pain. It is the official journal of the American Headache Society (https://americanheadachesociety.org). It was established in 1961 and is published ten times per year by Wiley-Blackwell. [1]
Head and brain injuries are commonly associated with facial trauma, particularly that of the upper face; brain injury occurs in 15–48% of people with maxillofacial trauma. [32] Coexisting injuries can affect treatment of facial trauma; for example they may be emergent and need to be treated before facial injuries. [12]
While impact on the brain at the same site of injury to the skull is the coup effect. If the impact causes the head to move, the injury may be worsened, because the brain may ricochet inside the skull causing additional impacts, or the brain may stay relatively still (due to inertia) but be hit by the moving skull (both are contrecoup injuries).
Z94.3-15 Eye and Face Protectors Class 6 relates to face shields, and is divided into 3 sub-classes 6A – Impact, piercing, splash, head, and glare protection. 6B – Radiation protection. Also for low heat, splash, glare, and light non-piercing impact protection. 6C – High-heat applications and light non-piercing impact protection only.
Orofacial pain is the specialty of dentistry that encompasses the diagnosis, management and treatment of pain disorders of the jaw, mouth, face and associated regions. These disorders as they relate to orofacial pain include but are not limited to temporomandibular muscle and joint (TMJ) disorders, jaw movement disorders, neuropathic and ...
Researchers have been making breakthroughs in addiction medicine for decades. But attempts to integrate science into treatment policy have been repeatedly stymied by scaremongering politics. In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration promoted methadone maintenance to head off what was seen as a brewing public health crisis.
[3] [27] There have also been developed practices to minimize the impact of vacuum-assisted delivery on the neonatal head. Such a method is to use a proper vacuum cup to apply pressure up to 0.8 kg/cm 2 and rhythmically sync the vacuum with uterine contractions in order to both expedite the delivery process and minimize traction-induced scalpel ...