Traumatic shock and altered mentality following motor vehicle accident

Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. We present an 18-year-old female who visited the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. A cervical spine computed tomography scan showed the postero-inferior atlanto-occipital dissociation a...

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Published inHong Kong journal of emergency medicine Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 257 - 259
Main Authors Park, Youngeun, Yu, Byungchul, Lee, Giljae, Lee, Jungnam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hong Kong SAGE Publications 01.07.2022
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Accidents
Altered states of consciousness
Atlanto-occipital joint
Injury
Motor vehicles
Shock (Circulatory)
Spinal cord
Traffic accident victims
Traffic accidents & safety
Trauma care
Traumatic shock
Treatment
Wounds and injuries
Injury
atlanto-occipital joint
spinal cord
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Summary:Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. We present an 18-year-old female who visited the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. A cervical spine computed tomography scan showed the postero-inferior atlanto-occipital dissociation and several diagnostic methods coincided with the diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dislocation.
Bibliography:Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 4, July 2022, 257-259
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1024-9079
2309-5407
DOI:10.1177/1024907920913657