Predictors of outcome in severely head-injured children

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 534-540

  White, Jeanette R M ^a   Farukhi, Zareen ^b   Bull, Catherine ^b   Christensen, James ^b   Gordon, Toby ^c,d   Paidas, Charles ^b   Nichols, David G ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; Length of stay; Mannitol; Outcome; Pediatrics; Resource utilization; Risk factors; Supranormal blood pressure; Survival; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035103289     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200103000-00011     Document Type: Article

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