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The purpose of this work is to identify and synthesize research produced since the second
edition of these Guidelines was published and incorporate new results into revised evidence …

Abstract The latest French Guidelines for the management in the first 24 hours of patients
with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) were published in 1998. Due to recent changes …

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) vary in their level of readiness to care for
pediatric emergencies. We evaluated the effect of ED pediatric readiness on the mortality of …

Abusive head trauma (AHT), used to be named shaken baby syndrome, is an injury to the
skull and intracranial components of a baby or child younger than 5 years due to violent …

Object Decompressive craniectomy with subsequent autologous cranioplasty, or the
replacement of the native bone flap, is often used for pediatric patients with traumatic brain …

External ventricular drains (EVDs) are commonly used in neurosurgery in different
conditions but frequently in the management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to monitor and/or …

Background We know that the brain damage resulting from traumatic and other insults is not
due solely to the direct consequences of the primary injury. A significant and potentially …

Importance Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is a mainstay of therapy for children with
traumatic brain injury (TBI), but its overall association with patient outcome is unclear …

Objective: This research aims to evaluate the possible association between pulsatile near
infrared spectroscopic waveform features and induced changes in intracranial pressure in …