A review of the current management of severe traumatic brain injury.

Winter, C D; Adamides, A A; Lewis, P M; Rosenfeld, J V

doi:10.1016/s1479-666x(05)80112-x

Trauma

A review of the current management of severe traumatic brain injury.

C D Winter, A A Adamides, P M Lewis, J V Rosenfeld

The surgeon · 2005-10-01 · Other / unclear

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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.