Determinants of Mortality in Patients With Severe Blunt Head Injury

Open Access

1 March 2002

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery

Vol. 137 (3) , 285-290
https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.137.3.285

Abstract

HEAD INJURY is the leading cause of traumatic death in the United States.¹^,2 The identification of reliable indicators of outcome after head injury is critical to appropriate counseling of family members and use of resources. Multiple studies have defined the major predictors of outcome after head injury.³^-12

Keywords

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA
BRAIN HERNIATION
LOGISTIC REGRESSION
HEAD INJURY
BLUNT
PUPIL LIGHT REFLEX
HYPOTENSION
NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES
INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION
GLASGOW COMA SCALE
TRAUMATIC DEATH
HEAD INJURIES
CLOSED
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS
GOODNESS OF FIT
EMERGENCY SERVICE
HOSPITAL
C STATISTIC
ROC CURVE

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