We studied the outcome of 25 patients [12 girls and 13 boys; mean age 13.7 (SD 3.9 years)] with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score 6 h after the injury was (mean) 4.5 (SD 2.7), and the mean duration of unconsciousness was 15.8 (SD 10.6) days. Being the most sever
Correlation between neurotrophic factor expression and outcome of children with severe traumatic brain injury
β Scribed by Antonio Chiaretti; Marco Piastra; Giancarlo Polidori; Concezio Di Rocco; Elena Caresta; Alessia Antonelli; Tiziana Amendola; Luigi Aloe
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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## Abstract The early prediction of consciousness recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) is crucial to make decisions about the appropriate use of prolonged intensive care. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been proposed as a biomarker of white matter injury that could be used in a classificat