Outcome evaluation in acute neurological injury.
To evaluate outcome one must define the outcome and those factors that contribute to it. Recent advances in measurement of brain injury by radiology, evoked potentials and electroencephalogram (EEG), cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral metabolism have demonstrated differential prognosis. Outcome from coma has also been expanded to include cognitive and neurobehavioral measures as well as functional assessments.
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Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed