Mortality in children with severe head trauma: Predictive factors and proposal for a new predictive scale

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1542-1547

  Tude Melo, José Roberto ^a,b   Rocco, Federico Di ^a   Blanot, Stéphane ^a   Oliveira Filho, Jamary ^b   Roujeau, Thomas ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a   Duracher, Caroline ^a   Vecchione, Antonio ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^a   Zerah, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Mortality; Pediatric; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650516201     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fa7049     Document Type: Article

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