AIm: To examine the use of prognostic factors such as age, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, pupil reactivity and computerized tomography (CT) findings for predicting the prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in Turkey. mAterIAl and methOds: We retrospectively evaluated TBI patients who were accepted to Akdeniz University Intensive Care Unit between 1 January 2007 and 31 Decem...

Methods We enrolled 40 patients admitted over a period of 6 months with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury to the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the Alexandria Main University Hospital. ONSD measurements were performed by means of transorbital sonography daily for 7 days. Marshall and Rotterdam head CT neuroimaging scales were recorded on admission, 48 hours and 5 to 7 days late...

It is well known fact that CRP measurements may be helpful in grading patients into high risk and low risk category for predicting future cardiovascular and neurovascular events. The current research focused the evaluation and the predictive value of hs-CRP (high sensitivity C – Reactive Protein) in relation to the ultimate functional outcome in first ever ischemic stroke after 4 weeks and to c...

BACKGROUND Because of the limitations of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), many scoring systems have emerged and been compared with GCS. Herein, we investigated whether the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) score is better than GCS in predicting morbidity and mortality in children with head trauma. METHODS Patients 2-17 years of age who admitted to the emergency department with head trauma ...

introduction : very severe head trauma cases, defined as glasgow coma scale (gcs) scores of less than 6, have a higher mortality rate and poorer outcome. the purpose of this study was to recognize factors associated with survival and 6-month favorable outcome of very severe head trauma patients presenting to emergency department.  methods: in this historical cohort study, the authors retrospect...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether early mobilization of patients with severe acquired brain injury, performed in the intensive/neurointensive care unit, influences functional outcome. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Fourteen centres in Italy. SUBJECTS A total of 103 consecutive patients with acquired brain injury. METHODS Clinical, neurological and functional data, includin...

AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate factors predicting poor prognosis in patients with hypoglycemic encephalopathy. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data on 165 consecutive patients with hypoglycemic encephalopathy. We evaluated their outcome 1 week after hypoglycemia onset using the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) and compared the clinical features of patients with good outcomes (GO...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The safety and the effectiveness of the surgical treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remain controversial. To investigate the feasibility of urgent surgical evacuation of ICH, we conducted a small, randomized feasibility study of early surgical treatment versus current nonoperative management in patients with spontaneous supratentorial ICH. METHODS P...

OBJECTIVE To obtain a comprehensive understanding of long-term outcome after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI). PARTICIPANTS Forty-six patients with sTBI. DESIGN Comparison of interdisciplinary evaluation results at discharge from acute care and at 2 to 5 year follow-up. MAIN MEASURES Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale, the FIM instrument, and the Neurobehavioral Rating Scale-Revised. RE...