TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurologic aspects of traumatic brain injury
AU - Gottesman, Rebecca F.
AU - Komotar, Ricardo
AU - Hillis, Argye E.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Traumatic brain injury is a common neurologic condition that can have a significant emotional and financial burden. Neurologic injury is classified on the basis of initial clinical status by the Glasgow Coma Scale, and also by the type and location of head injury. Complications in the management of these patients are reviewed, ranging from intracranial pressure management and stroke to post-traumatic epilepsy. In addition, predictive prognostic variables that can be used to predict outcome based on a patient's presentation at the time of a head trauma are discussed. Finally, interventions such as induced hypothermia that can be undertaken to try to optimize outcome, are discussed along with current data in support of or against such techniques.
AB - Traumatic brain injury is a common neurologic condition that can have a significant emotional and financial burden. Neurologic injury is classified on the basis of initial clinical status by the Glasgow Coma Scale, and also by the type and location of head injury. Complications in the management of these patients are reviewed, ranging from intracranial pressure management and stroke to post-traumatic epilepsy. In addition, predictive prognostic variables that can be used to predict outcome based on a patient's presentation at the time of a head trauma are discussed. Finally, interventions such as induced hypothermia that can be undertaken to try to optimize outcome, are discussed along with current data in support of or against such techniques.
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U2 - 10.1080/09540260310001606683
DO - 10.1080/09540260310001606683
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15276951
AN - SCOPUS:0242491989
SN - 0954-0261
VL - 15
SP - 302
EP - 309
JO - International Review of Psychiatry
JF - International Review of Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -