Acute clinical grading in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury and its association with subsequent intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, and brain oxygenation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Figaji, Anthony A ^a   Zwane, Eugene ^a   Fieggen, A Graham ^a   Peter, Jonathan C ^a   LeRoux, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain oxygenation; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Clinical assessment; Glasgow Coma Scale; Secondary insult; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56649123066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.10.E4     Document Type: Article

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