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Fractura de cráneo - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Fractura basal del cráneo; Fractura lineal del cráneo; Fractura con hundimiento del cráneo

Prevención:

  1. Use siempre asientos de automóvil para niños o cinturones de seguridad en un vehículo.
  2. Use siempre casco al montar en bicicleta, patinar, escalar o practicar deportes de contacto.
  3. Use el equipo diseñado específicamente para el tipo de deporte o recreación en los cuales usted esté participando.
  4. Brinde supervisión apropiada a los niños de cualquier edad.
  5. No le permita a los niños montar en bicicleta ni patinar en la noche.
  6. Provea y use ropa bien visible.
  7. Enséñele a los niños a obedecer los reglamentos y señales de tránsito.
  8. Eduque a los individuos sobre los riesgos de las diversas actividades laborales, recreativas o deportivas y sobre cómo evitar las lesiones.
  9. Informe cualquier preocupación que pudiera tener acerca de maltrato.
  • Reviewed last on: 1/14/2010
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Biros MH, Heegaard WE. Head injury. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 38.

Leveque JC. Hoff JT. Neurosurgery. In: Greenfield LJ, Mulholland MW, Oldham KT, Zelenock GB, Lillemoe KD, eds. Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:chap 114.

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