Relationship between CT attenuation changes and post-traumatic CSF-CKBB-activity after severe head injury in man.
In order to evaluate if it is practically possible to assess the volume of contused brain tissue from the CT pictures, a comparison has been carried out between the size of the cerebral contusion(s)--as estimated from the CT scans--and the post-traumatic CSF-CKBB activity, in a series of 29 patients with severe head injury. A clearance curve for the elimination of CKBB from the CSF was constructed. The relation between contusion volume and CSF-CKBB-activity was not statistically significant, while the relationships between contusion volume and outcome, and between CSF-CKBB, as estimated at 6 hours after from the clearance curve, and outcome, were.
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Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
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Lipper
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DeSalles
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Gruemer
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Marmarou
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Becker
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000201:enzymology; D002648:Child; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase