A review of the current management of severe traumatic brain injury.
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.
Winter
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CD
Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
Adamides
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Lewis
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PM
Rosenfeld
J V
JV
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