INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE OF INTRA-CRANICAL LESION ON OUTCOME FROM SEVERE HEAD-INJURY - A MULTI-CENTER STUDY USING A NEW CLASSIFICATION-SYSTEM
INFLUENCE OF THE TYPE OF INTRA-CRANICAL LESION ON OUTCOME FROM SEVERE HEAD-INJURY - A MULTI-CENTER STUDY USING A NEW CLASSIFICATION-SYSTEM
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DOI:
10.3171/jns.1982.56.1.0026
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
PITTS, LH
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作者:
GENNARELLI, TA;SPIELMAN, GM;PITTS, LH
Data were obtained from 7 head-injury centers on patients who fulfilled the Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] criteria for severe head injury (GCS .ltoreq. 8 for at least 6 h). Patients were categorized according to a simple classification system comprising 2 lesion types, each of which was further subdivided into 2 GCS score ranges (3-5 and 6-8). Of 1107 patients, the overall mortality was 41%, but ranged from 9-74% among the different lesion categories; 26% had good recovery (at 3 mo.) but among the different lesion groups the range was 6-68%. Acute subdural hematoma with GCS scores of 3-5 was uniformly the worst problem (74% mortality and 8% good recovery), whereas diffuse injury coma of 6-24 h with GCS scores of 6-8 had 9% mortality and 68% incidence of good recovery. Marked heterogeneity is demonstrated within this severe head-injury group and point out that patients with the same GCS score have markedly different outcomes, depending on the causative lesion. The type of lesion is as important a factor in determining outcome as is the GCS score, and both must be considered when describing severely head-injured patients.