Progressive hemorrhagic injury after severe traumatic brain injury: Effect of hemoglobin transfusion thresholds

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1229-1234

  Vedantam, Aditya ^a   Yamal, Jose Miguel ^b   Rubin, Maria Laura ^b   Robertson, Claudia S ^a   Gopinath, Shankar P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin transfusion threshold; Progressive hemorrhagic injury; Secondary brain injury; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE BRAIN INJURY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE HEMORRHAGIC INJURY; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018193927     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.11.JNS151515     Document Type: Article

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