title: Advances in the early management of patients with head injury.
abstract: The last decade has seen continual improvement in our skills of visualizing and diagnosing the many types of human head injury. As we continue to unravel the complex biochemistry and molecular changes caused by trauma, we expect to find new methods and agents to enhance the extracellular milieu of injured but salvageable neurons and supporting cells, resulting in continued improvement in outcome for patients with severe head injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wald
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic