Decompressive craniectomy or medical management for refractory intracranial hypertension: An AAST-MIT propensity score analysis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 944-955

  Nirula, Ram ^a   Millar, D ^a   Greene, Tom ^a   McFadden, Molly ^a   Shah, Lubdha ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^b   Stein, Deborah M ^b   Magnotti, Louis J ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^d   Vercruysse, Gary ^e   Demetriades, Demetrios ^f   Scherer, Lynette A ^g   Peitzman, Andrew ⁱ   Sperry, Jason ⁱ   Beauchamp, Kathryn ^j   Bell, Scott ^j   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^k   O'Neill, Patrick ^k   Coimbra, Raul ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k Maricopa Integrated Health Systems   (United States)

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Author keywords

brain injury; Decompressive craniectomy; mortality; propensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897056519     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000194     Document Type: Article

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