Retrospective Analysis of Prognostic Factors of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in a University Hospital in Turkey.

Ozyurt E., Goksu E. T., Cengiz M., Yilmaz M., Ramazanoglu A.

Turkish neurosurgery, vol.25, no.6, pp.877-82, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.9181-13.0
  • Journal Name: Turkish neurosurgery
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.877-82
  • Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, Prognostic factors, Outcome, IMPACT, COMA
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: To examine the use of prognostic factors such as age, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, pupil reactivity and computerized tomography (CT) findings for predicting the prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in Turkey.