The status of the fourth ventricle and ambient cisterns predict outcome in moderate and severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Jacobs, Bram ^a   Beems, Tjemme ^b   Van Der Vliet, Ton M ^b   Borm, George F ^b   Vos, Pieter E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cisterns; Computed tomography scan; Head injury; Outcome; Severe traumatic brain injury; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649132910     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1105     Document Type: Article

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