Category: Prognostication

Coagulopathy and Bleeding · Neurotrauma · Prognostication · Traumatic Brain Injury

Predictive Factors of Traumatic Intracranial Haemorrhage in Patients on Anti-platelet Agents

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It’s been a lazy summer on our part, so it’s time to get back to business. And we’ll start off with this article by Moustafa et al, which was recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. The authors deal with the issue of predicting risk of intracranial haemorrhage in TBI patients… Continue reading Predictive Factors of Traumatic Intracranial Haemorrhage in Patients on Anti-platelet Agents

Conferences · Neurotrauma · Prognostication · Traumatic Brain Injury

New Article in PLOS: Reevaluating CT Scoring Systems for TBI

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In this article Swedish and Finnish colleagues (Thelin et al) look at current scoring systems for CT imaging in TBI patients. Most older systems in use today seem to be increasingly outdated and are limited in their diagnostic and prognostic accuracy. It is the latter the authors seem to focus on in this observational multicenter… Continue reading New Article in PLOS: Reevaluating CT Scoring Systems for TBI

ICP/CPP management · Neuromonitoring · Prognostication

Intracranial hypertension and cerebral perfusion pressure: influence on neurological deterioration and outcome in severe head injury. The Executive Committee of the International Selfotel Trial

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Intracranial hypertension and cerebral perfusion pressure: influence on neurological deterioration and outcome in severe head injury. The Executive Committee of the International Selfotel Trial. J Neurosurg. 2000 Jan. Juul et al.