Topical review: Head injury in children

PD Adelson, PM Kochanek - Journal of child neurology, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Trauma in the United States is the leading cause of death and disability in the pediatric
population. Differences of age and development affect recovery and outcome following head …

Head injury in the United Kingdom

A Kay, G Teasdale - World journal of surgery, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews aspects of head injury management and research in the United Kingdom
(UK). We discuss evidence about the scale and etiology of head injury in Britain and how …

Safety and feasibility of craniectomy with duraplasty as the initial surgical intervention for severe traumatic brain injury

WM Coplin, NK Cullen, PN Policherla… - Journal of Trauma …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Background Decompressive craniectomy has historically served as a salvage procedure to
control intracranial pressure after severe traumatic brain injury. We assessed the safety and …

Magnetization transfer imaging and proton MR spectroscopy in the evaluation of axonal injury: correlation with clinical outcome after traumatic brain injury

G Sinson, LJ Bagley, KM Cecil… - American Journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Current imaging does not permit quantification of neural
injury after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and therefore limits both the development of new …

Continuous EEG monitoring in the neuroscience intensive care unit and emergency department

KG Jordan - Journal of clinical neurophysiology, 1999 - journals.lww.com
This article reviews established, emergent, and potential applications of continuous EEG
(CEEG) monitoring in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Emergency …

Effect of early compared with delayed enteral nutrition on endocrine function in patients with traumatic brain injury: an open‐labeled randomized trial

M Chourdakis, MM Kraus, T Tzellos… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in a hypermetabolic and hypercatabolic
status in which adequate nutrition support is essential to improve clinical outcome. The …

Speech acquisition in older nonverbal individuals with autism: a review of features, methods, and prognosis

E Pickett, O Pullara, J O'Grady… - Cognitive and behavioral …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Individuals with autism often fail to develop useful speech. If they have not done so by age 5,
the prognosis for future development has been thought to be poor. However, some cases of …

Effect of hyperventilation on extracellular concentrations of glutamate, lactate, pyruvate, and local cerebral blood flow in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

DW Marion, A Puccio, SR Wisniewski… - Critical care …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Effect of hyperventilation on extracellular concentrations o... : Critical Care Medicine Effect of
hyperventilation on extracellular concentrations of glutamate, lactate, pyruvate, and local …

Brain edema after intracerebral hemorrhage: mechanisms, treatment options, management strategies, and operative indications

R Thiex, SE Tsirka - Neurosurgical focus, 2007 - thejns.org
✓ Primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with a high mortality rate and
severe morbidity. The treatment of choice is still controversial, given that data from several …

Chronic hypopituitarism after traumatic brain injury: risk assessment and relationship to outcome

S Bavisetty, S Bavisetty, DL McArthur, JR Dusick… - …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE Chronic pituitary dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a sequela of
traumatic brain injury. We sought to define the incidence, risk factors, and neurobehavioral …