title: A review of the current management of severe traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Traumatic brain injury accounts for up to half of trauma related fatalities. This review describes current management practices including pre-hospital care, surgical interventions and various treatment modalities for intracranial hypertension. The lack of class I evidence for the majority of interventions is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Adamides
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed