Outcome after decompressive craniectomy in severe head injured patients with acute subdural hematoma

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Galal, Ahmed ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute subdural hematoma; Decompressive craniectomy; Outcome; Severe head trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84881270337     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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