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Risk Factors in Severe Head Injury

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Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 28))

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Abstract

The evaluation of prognostic and risk factors has been one of the most important topics in neurotraumatology. These factors would enable the neurosurgeon to modify therapeutic procedures according to prognosis. Different authors have tried to determine the outcome of injured patients by analysis of clinical data: age9, ICP15,16 CBF and cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen4, motor posturing and oculocephalic reflexes1,2, and EEG patterns3,12. Studies based on neurological findings and their relations to patients’ outcome were given by different authors5,6,8,10,11,13,14.

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  1. Neurosurgical Clinic, Essen University, Federal Republic of Germany

    H.-E. Nau & E. B. Bongartz

  2. Institute of Neuropathology, Essen University, Federal Republic of Germany

    V. Reinhard & R. Floßdorf

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  1. Clinique Neurochirurgicale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue Héger-Bordet, 1, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. Brihaye

  2. Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane, TS5 5AZ, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK

    P. R. R. Clarke

  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Loew

  4. Odense University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense, Denmark

    J. Overgaard M.D.

  5. National Institute of Neurosurgery, Amerikai út 57, H-1145, Budapest, Hungary

    E. Pásztor M.D.

  6. Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris VI, Clinique Neuro-Chirurgicale, 83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    B. Pertuiset

  7. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-6500, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. Schürmann

  8. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK

    L. Symon T.D., F.R.C.S.

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Nau, HE., Reinhard, V., Bongartz, E.B., Floßdorf, R. (1979). Risk Factors in Severe Head Injury. In: Brihaye, J., et al. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 28. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4088-8_42

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