Decompressive craniectomy: Surgical control of traumatic intracranial hypertension may improve outcome

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 894-898

  Eberle, Barbara M ^a   Schnüriger, Beat ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Peter Gruen, J ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Belzberg, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Glasgow outcome score; Intractable intracranial hypertension; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956614614     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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