Severe Head Injury:Clinical Prognostic Factors.
- Author:
Joon Seok SONG
1
;
Eun Joo HA
;
Jong Soo LEE
;
Seung Jae LEE
;
Hyo Il PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Paik Hospital College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Severe head injury;
Unawareness;
Pupil;
Motor response;
Basal cisternal compression
- MeSH:
Coma;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Head*;
Pupil;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1993;22(2):205-212
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A clinical analysis was carried out retrospectively with 54 cases of severe head injured patients(Glasgow Coma Scale score 3 to 8) to identify prognostic factors. Unawareness for over 1 month, abnormal papillary reaction, abnormal motor response pattern, and diffuse head injury with basal cisternal compression prove to be the most reliable predictors. Individual predictions of outcome provide a powerful too for assessing the relative efficacy of alternative treatments.
