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Significance of Vomiting After Head Injury JNNP 66:470-473, Nee,P.A.,et al, 1999 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The overall incidence of post-traumatic vomiting was 7% in adults and 12% in children. In patients with a skull fracture the incidence of post-traumatic vomiting was 28% in adults and 33% in children. Post-traumatic vomiting was associated w ith a fourfold increase in the relative risk for a skull fracture. Nausea alone did not increase the risk of a skull fracture and multiple episodes of vomiting were no more significant than a single episode. In patients who were fully alert at presentat ion, post-traumatic vomiting was associated with a twofold increase in relative risk for a skull fracture. These results support the incorporation of enquiry about vomiting into the guidelines for skull radiography. One episode of vomiting seems to be a s significant as multiple episodes.

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