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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Role of calcium and phosphorous concentration as an intrinsic factor in the development of skull fracture following road traffic accidents.

Raktim P Tamuli, Bishwajeet Saikia, Smritimala Sarmah, Amar J Patowary

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Raktim P TamuliDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Bishwajeet SaikiaDepartment of Anatomy, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Smritimala SarmahDepartment of Physics, B Borooah College, Ulubari, Guwahati, India.
Amar J PatowaryDepartment of Forensic Medicine, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences · INBhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute · INGauhati Medical College and Hospital · IN

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Abstract

introductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) or head injury is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. TBI includes a fractured skull as an indicator of insult which can affect the treatment outcome as well. The development of any fracture depends on a combination of factors defining the intrinsic properties of the bone and the extrinsic factors related to the impact. A decrease in bone mass secondary to deficiency of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) can be a significant factor intrinsic to the skull bone, which can modulate the outcome of the impact by increasing the susceptibility of bones towards fractures. We undertook this research to find out whether or not the Ca and METHODOLOGY: In this case-control study conducted for two years, we collected 94 bone samples, i.e. 47 each, from skull bones with head injuries following RTA, with (case) and without (control) fracture of the skull. The elemental analyses for the bony concentration of Ca and

resultsThe elemental analysis of bones provided evidence that suggests that whilst; Ca is the only mineral that appears to have a significant correlation with the development of fracture skull, the overall Ca:

conclusionsBoth individual bony Ca concentration and Ca:

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Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopyroad traffic accidents (RTA)skull fracture

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