Does Hypothermia Improve Outcome?
28 Does Hypothermia Improve Outcome? Guy L. Clifton BRIEF ANSWER Maintenance of hypothermia in the 23% of severely head-injured patients who are hypothermic on admission and who are less than…
What’s the Safest Way to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Head or Spinal Cord Injury? How Soon After Surgery Can I Anticoagulate My Patients Who Develop Deep Vein Thrombosis?
8 What Is the Safest Way to Prevent Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Head or Spinal Cord Injury? How Soon After Surgery or Injury Can I Anticoagulate My…
Does Following the Recommendations in the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Make a Difference in Patient Outcome?
22 Does Following the Recommendations in the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Make a Difference in Patient Outcome? Roger Hartl and Jamshid Ghajar Whereof one cannot…
What Is the Optimal Hematocrit and Hemoglobin for Head-Injured Patients?
15 What Is the Optimal Hematocrit and Hemoglobin for Head-Injured Patients? Harel Deutsch, Jamie S. Ullman BRIEF ANSWER A hematocrit between 30 and 35% is widely believed to be optimal…
When Should I Suspect Child Abuse in Head-Injured Children?
33 When Is It Safe to Extubate a Newly Quadriplegic Patient? When Is Early Tracheostomy Appropriate? Ann-Christine Duhaime BRIEF ANSWER Child abuse, or inflicted injury, may be suspected if several…
Simultaneous Intracranial and Abdominal Injury: Which Gets Operated on First, and Which Has the Higher Treatment Priority?
31 Simultaneous Intracranial and Abdominal Injury: Which Gets Operated on First, and Which Has the Higher Treatment Priority? Colonel John B. Holcomb BRIEF ANSWER Prioritizing surgeries in trauma patients requiring…
Which Specialty Should Be in Charge of Neurotrauma Patients? Do Patients with Head or Spinal Cord Injury Require a Specialized Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit?
47 Which Specialty Should Be in Charge of Neurotraum Patients? Do Patients with Head or Spinal Cord Injur Require a Specialized Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Jeffrey M. Lobosky BRIEF ANSWER…
How Important Are Stingers?
45 How Important Are Stingers? Robert C. Cantu BRIEF ANSWER A stinger is an injury to a peripheral nerve, not to the spinal cord. Pain usually lasts for seconds to…
Does Rehabilitation Facilitate Neurologic Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury?
43 Does Rehabilitation Facilitate Neurologic Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury? Justin Pik and Michael G. Fehlings BRIEF ANSWER No published studies have randomized patients to a “no rehabilitation” group. Thus,…
What’s the Best Algorithm for Treating Intracranial Hypertension?
30 What Is the Best Algorithm for Treatin Intracranial Hypertension? Jürgen Meixensberger and Matthias Jaeger BRIEF ANSWER The evidence supports level II and level III recommendations for basic and extended…
