background cerebral state index (csi) is derived from electroencephalogram (eeg) and is used for monitoring the level of consciousness during anesthesia. this study was designed to investigate the accuracy of glasgow coma scale (gcs) and csi as a predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with trauma brain injury (tbi). objective to compare the predictive value of gcs and csi for predicting...

background traumatic brain injury (tbi) is an important public health problem throughout the world. objectives the aim of this study was to assess repeated glasgow coma scale (gcs) scores in predicting the severity of tbi and patients’ survival. patients and methods in this longitudinal study used a total sample of 239 patients, all of whom were hospitalized with traumatic brain injuries. subje...

The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is the most widely used outcome measure after traumatic brain injury, but it is increasingly recognized to have important limitations. It is proposed that shortcomings of the GOS can be addressed by adopting a standard format for the interview used to assign outcome. A set of guidelines are outlined that are directed at the main problems encountered in applying t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Despite rapid advancements in intracranial aneurysm management, there is no evidence as of yet that this has translated into improvement in overall prognosis. METHODS We compared 2 periods of aneurysm management, 1998 to 2003 (n=1023 aneurysms) and 2007 to 2013 (n=1499 aneurysms), at a single, high-volume neurovascular center. Our outcome of interest was low or moderate...

The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is firmly established as the primary outcome measure for use in Phase III trials of interventions in traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the GOS has been criticized for its lack of sensitivity to detect small but clinically relevant changes in outcome. The Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE) potentially addresses this criticism, and in this study we estimate...

This study was performed to define the correlation between the level of consciousness based on Glasgow coma scale ( GCS), Glasgow outcome scale( GOS) and leukocyte count. Two hundred and thirty three patients ( female: 48, male: 185) ranged between 1-75 years old were studied. The results showed that there was a negative correlation between increasing leukocyte count and  GCS ( n=233.r= .0.3, p...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : erythropoietin (epo) as a major stimulator of red blood cell (rbc) production play a key role on brain protection and have a caring effect on neurons from hypoxic or traumatic injury. the objective of this trial was to study the safety and efficacy of recombinant human epo (rhepo) on level of consciousness and ot...

conclusions increased serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 as a predictive marker might be associated with unfavorable clinical outcome in patients with severe tbi. results comparing the serum levels of interleukins in two groups with favorable and unfavorable clinical outcomes showed that the mean serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 in group with favorable outcome was 85.2 ± 51.6 and 52.2 ± 3...

BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury is a major public health problem due to high mortality and morbidity among survivors. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. We recorded the attending physician's evaluation of the patient's consciousness, the patient's demographics, routine physical measurements, and medical interventions. We used Gl...