• Chin. J. Traumatol. · Aug 2001

    Outcome of 2,284 cases with acute traumatic brain injury.

    • J Zhang, J Jiang, T Zhong, M Yu, and C Zhu.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Ronggang Hospital, Shenzhen 518116, China.
    • Chin. J. Traumatol. 2001 Aug 1; 4 (3): 152-5.

    ObjectiveTo analyze the prognosis of 2284 cases with acute traumatic brain injury and discuss possible methods to improve the outcome of head injuries.MethodsThe relationship between trauma cause, trauma severity and management and patient's outcome was retrospectively analyzed.ResultsGood recovery was achieved in 60.20%, moderate disability was 13.22%, severe disability 15.24%, vegetative status 0.31% and mortality 11.03%. The mortality was 1.07% in cases with GCS 15-13, 2.47% in cases with GCS 12-9, 13.29% in cases with GCS 8-6, and 57.4% in cases with GCS 5-3.ConclusionsTo prevent hypoxia, remove intracranial hematoma as soon as possible, use standard large traumatic craniotomy and apply mild hypothermia may be useful means for improving the outcome of severely head injured patients.

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