TY - JOUR
T1 - Moose-Motorcycle Collisions
AU - Schaiberger, Christopher L.
AU - Harbaugh, Robert E.
AU - Toutant, Steven M.
AU - Roberts, David W.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1981/9/3
Y1 - 1981/9/3
N2 - To the Editor: We would like to report our experience in New Hampshire with a hitherto unreported phenomenon: head trauma secondary to moose-motorcycle collisions. At 9:30 p.m. on May 5, 1981, a 17-year-old man riding a motorcycle struck a 300-lb (136-kg) cow moose. He was found unconscious at the scene and was transferred to our institution. Evaluation revealed a basilar skull fracture, purposeful movements, and groaning verbalization, without eye opening, in response to noxious stimuli. He had a right hemiparesis, and CT scanning showed a small left intracerebral hematoma without midline shift. The patient was followed up with serial neurologic. . .
AB - To the Editor: We would like to report our experience in New Hampshire with a hitherto unreported phenomenon: head trauma secondary to moose-motorcycle collisions. At 9:30 p.m. on May 5, 1981, a 17-year-old man riding a motorcycle struck a 300-lb (136-kg) cow moose. He was found unconscious at the scene and was transferred to our institution. Evaluation revealed a basilar skull fracture, purposeful movements, and groaning verbalization, without eye opening, in response to noxious stimuli. He had a right hemiparesis, and CT scanning showed a small left intracerebral hematoma without midline shift. The patient was followed up with serial neurologic. . .
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198109033051029
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198109033051029
M3 - Letter
C2 - 7254268
AN - SCOPUS:0019872187
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 305
SP - 590
EP - 591
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 10
ER -