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Outcome Predictions for Ventilated Head Injury Patients

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This paper is an interim report of work in progress. In our study, we have analysed data that is routinely monitored in patients with severe head injuries who are receiving controlled ventilation, in an attempt to indentify parameters, that can be used as predictive indices for outcome predictions.

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Firn, S., Keller, A.Z., Georgiakodis, F. (1986). Outcome Predictions for Ventilated Head Injury Patients. In: List, W.F., Steinbereithner, K., Schalk, H.V. (eds) Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin — Neue Aspekte. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71284-5_16

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