title: [Outcome prognosis in severe craniocerebral trauma: important predictors in the early phase].
abstract: An early prognosis may influence the management of severely head-injured patients. Clinical aspects (age, Glasgow Coma Score, pupil reaction) and neuroradiological findings (basal cysternes, midline shift) are the most important facts for prognosis; evoked potentials, stress parameters and the quality of resuscitation also correlate with definitive outcome. Despite a clear correlation between these single factors and outcome, prognosis during the first 48 hours remains too uncertain to justify an influence on initial management.
authors.affiliation: Departement Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Universität Basel, Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strebel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Outcome-Prognose beim schweren Schädelhirntrauma: Wichtige Prediktoren in der Frühphase.