Diffuse axonal injury in patients with head injuries: An epidemiologic and prognosis study of 124 cases

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 838-846

  Chelly, Hedi ^a   Chaari, Anis ^a   Daoud, Emna ^b   Dammak, Hssan ^a   Medhioub, Fatma ^a   Mnif, Jameleddine ^a   Hamida, Chokri Ben ^a   Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral computed tomography; Diffuse axonal injury; Head trauma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MANNITOL; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BILATERAL MYDRIASIS; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSAUTONOMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LENTICULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIOSIS; MORTALITY; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBCORTEX; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054029343     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182127baa     Document Type: Article

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