Critical care management of head injury – current concepts

Critical care management of severe head injury in children.

BACKGROUND Our aim was to analyze prognostic factors and their association with outcome among children with severe head injury. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study among children (n=55) with severe head injury [Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) ?8] who were admitted to our Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from January 1996 to September 2003. The patients were immediately evaluated with c...

Current Concepts of Lymphomas

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Critical concepts in abdominal injury.

Missed intra-abdominal injuries are among the most frequent causes of potentially preventable trauma deaths. The evaluation and management of abdominal trauma is dependant on multiple factors, including mechanism of injury, location of injury, hemodynamic status of the patient, neurologic status of the patient, associated injuries, and institutional resources.

Early management of head injury in adults in primary care.

Head injury is common and preventable. Assessment of the head injury patient includes airway, cervical spine protection, breathing, circulation, haemorrhage control and the Glasgow Coma Scale. Hypotension, hypoxia, hypocarbia and hypercarbia should be avoided by continuous monitoring of vital signs and hourly head chart to prevent secondary brain injury. This paper aims to assist primary health...

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