Prognostic predictors of outcome in an operative series in traumatic brain injury patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Kuo, Jinn Rung ^a,b,c   Lo, Chong Jeh ^d   Lu, Chin Li ^b   Chio, Chung Ching ^b   Wang, Che Chuan ^b   Lin, Kao Chang ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Injury severity score; Prognostic factors; Pupillary reaction; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957589099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(11)60038-7     Document Type: Article

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