Early Surgery versus Initial Conservative Treatment in Patients with Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage (STITCH[Trauma]): The First Randomized Trial

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1312-1323

  Mendelow, A David ^a   Gregson, Barbara A ^a   Rowan, Elise N ^a   Francis, Richard ^a   McColl, Elaine ^a   McNamee, Paul ^b   Chambers, Iain R ^c   Unterberg, Andreas ^d   Boyers, Dwayne ^b   Mitchell, Patrick M ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

controlled trial; craniotomy; intracerebral hemorrhage; randomized; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CACHEXIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939637678     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3644     Document Type: Article

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