Standards and Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury

On guidelines for the management of the severe head injury.

EBIC-guidelines for management of severe head injury in adults. European Brain Injury Consortium.

Guidelines for the management of severe head injury in adults as evolved by the European Brain Injury Consortium are presented and discussed. The importance of preventing and treating secondary insults is emphasized and the principles on which treatment is based are reviewed. Guidelines presented are of a pragmatic nature, based on consensus and expert opinion, covering the treatment from accid...

Guidelines for the management of severe head injury: are emergency physicians following them?

UNLABELLED The Brain Trauma Foundation published "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury" in 1995. These evidence-based clinical guidelines (CGs) recommended against prophylactic hyperventilation and glucocorticoid use and advocated for aggressive blood pressure (BP) resuscitation, and the careful use of mannitol. OBJECTIVE To survey Michigan emergency physicians (MEPs) to test t...

SIAARTI-SARNePI Guidelines for the management of severe pediatric head injury.

D. PIETRINI 1, A. SAVIOLI 2, R. GROSSETTI 3, M. A. BARBIERI 4, A. BUSCALFERRI 5 M. CALAMANDREI 6, A. CHIARETTI 7, A. DAVID 8, C. DI ROCCO 9, M. P. DUSIO 10, G. FEBI 10 C. GALLINI 11, F. GIORDANO 12, V. GIRASOLE 8, E. LAMPUGNANI 13, R. LAVIANI MANCINELLI 2 A. LEVATI 14, C. MAZZA 15, L. MENEGHINI 16, F. PACCAGNELLA 17, M. PIASTRA 7, E. PROCACCINI 18 A. PUSATERI 1, R. SCIELZO 19, G. STOFELLA 20, F...

New guidelines for the initial management of head injury

The majority of patients presenting with mild head trauma will have no intracranial pathology and can be safely discharged home. It is estimated that 10% to 15% of these patients will have clinically significant findings on computed tomography imaging and up to 1% may require neurosurgical intervention. The revised Scandinavian Head Trauma Guidelines provide an evidence- and consensus-based alg...