Severe traumatic brain injury in children-a single center experience regarding therapy and long-term outcome

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1563-1573

  Thomale, Ulrich Wilhelm ^a   Graetz, Daniela ^a   Vajkoczy, Peter ^a   Sarrafzadeh, Asita S ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Glasgow Outcome Score; ICP; Intracranial hypertension; Severe brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BARBITURATES; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649316679     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1103-4     Document Type: Article

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