Prognostic factors of severe traumatic brain injury outcome in children aged 2-16 years at a major Neurosurgical Referral Centre

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Kan, Choon Hong ^a,b   Saffari, Mohd ^a,b   Khoo, Teik Hooi ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Neurosciences; Pediatric cerebral performance categories score; Prognostic factors; Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149130095     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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