TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Depressed Skull Fracture
A1  - Stark, Christopher L.
A2  - Knoop, Kevin J.
A2  - Stack, Lawrence B.
A2  - Storrow, Alan B.
A2  - Thurman, R. Jason
PY  - 2021
T2  - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
AB  - Depressed  skull  fractures  typically  occur  when  a  large  force  is  applied  over  a  small  area.  They  are  classified  as  open  if  the  skin  above  them  is  lacerated.  Abrasions,  contusions,  and  hematomas  may  also  be  present  over  the  fracture  site.  The  patient’s  mental  status  is  dependent  upon  the  degree  of  underlying  brain  injury.  Direct  trauma  can  cause  abrasions,  contusions,  hematomas,  and  lacerations  without  an  underlying  depressed  skull  fracture.  Evidence  of  other  associated  injuries,  such  as  basilar  fracture,  facial  fractures,  cervical  spinal  injuries,  intracerebral  hemorrhage,  and  nerve  injury,  may  also  be  present.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181037980
ER  -