A randomized trial of very early decompressive craniectomy in children with traumatic brain injury and sustained intracranial hypertension

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 154-162

  Taylor, Anna ^a   Butt, Warwick ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey ^a   Shann, Frank ^a   Ditchfield, Michael ^a   Lewis, Elizabeth ^b   Klug, Geoffrey ^a   Wallace, David ^a   Henning, Robert ^a   Tibballs, James ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DISABILITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035098381     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000410     Document Type: Article

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