title: [Management of craniocerebral trauma in a neurosurgery center].
abstract: Aggressive treatment of patients with severe head injury increases the chance for survival and good functional outcome in most cases. To prevent irreversible cerebral lesions, the key point of treatment is the management of intracranial hypertension caused by intracranial hematomas, brain edema and impaired circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Therapeutic standards are surgery of traumatic hematoma, osmotherapy and mild hyperventilation for brain edema, and CSF drainage. In highly elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) administration of barbiturates and forced hyperventilation can be considered.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gilsbach
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mayfrank
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lennartz
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome