Objective. There is increasing evidence of adverse outcomes associated with blood transfusions for adult traumatic brain injury patients. However, current evidence suggests that pediatric traumatic brain injury patients may respond to blood transfusions differently on a vascular level. This study examined the influence of blood transfusions and anemia on the outcome of pediatric traumatic brain...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major medical and socio-economic problem, and is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. The critical care management of severe TBI is largely derived from the "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" that have been published by the Brain Trauma Foundation. The main objectives are prevention and treatment of intracranial...

OBJECTIVE To discover the expression of visfatin and its genetic mutation and clinical significance in patients with traumatic brain injury. METHODS 99 cases of traumatic brain injury patients admitted to Chongqing Emergency Medical Center from June 2013 to December 2014. There were 56 male and 43 female with an average age of 45.2 years. Through diagnosis, the 99 patient's conditions were al...

INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injury has a considerable socio-economic impact, being a major cause of morbi-mortality, often with permanent disability. We sought to characterize health resource utilization of adult traumatic brain injury patients in Portugal between 2000 and 2010. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study of medical records of adult patients with ICD9 diagnostic code of traumat...

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury patients present in the emergency room with a variable conscious status depending upon severity of injury. The process aspiration starts from scene trauma as and chest have higher rates pneumonia.
 Materials Methods: We conducted prospective study to assess impact bronchoscopy lavage aggressive physiotherapy on Critical Pulmonary Infection Score Patient...

BACKGROUND Intracranial hypertension due to primary and secondary injuries is a prime concern when providing care to patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Increases in intracranial pressure vary depending on compensatory processes within the craniospinal space, also referred to as intracranial adaptive capacity. In patients with traumatic brain injury and decreased intracranial adaptive ...

objective(s):estrogen (e2) has neuroprotective effects on blood-brain-barrier (bbb) after traumatic brain injury (tbi). in order to investigate the roles of estrogen receptors (ers) in these effects, er-α antagonist (mpp) and, er-β antagonist (phtpp), or non-selective estrogen receptors antagonist (ici 182780) were administered. materials and methods: ovariectomized rats were divided into 10 gr...