A novel method of evaluating the impact of secondary brain insults on functional outcomes in traumatic brain-injured patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Barton, Christopher W ^a,b   Hemphill, J Claude ^a   Morabito, Diane ^a   Manley, Geoffrey ^a  

^a Univ C   (United States)

^b S Francisco General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

head trauma; hypotension; hypoxia; secondary brain insults; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANOXIA; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144256989     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.043     Document Type: Article

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