TRAUMATIC ACUTE SUBDURAL-HEMATOMA - MAJOR MORTALITY REDUCTION IN COMATOSE PATIENTS TREATED WITHIN 4 HOURS
TRAUMATIC ACUTE SUBDURAL-HEMATOMA - MAJOR MORTALITY REDUCTION IN COMATOSE PATIENTS TREATED WITHIN 4 HOURS
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198106183042503
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
CHOI, SC
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作者:
SEELIG, JM;BECKER, DP;CHOI, SC
To discover which factors contributed to recovery after surgical intracranial decompression, the records of 82 comatose patients with traumatic acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) who were treated in a single center under a uniform protocol were studied. The delay from injury to operation was the factor of greatest therapeutic importance. Patients who underwent surgery within the first 4 h had a 30% mortality rate, compared to 90% in those who had surgery after 4 h (P < 0.0001). Other important prognostic variables included results of the initial neurologic examination, sex, multimodality-evoked potentials and postoperative intracranial pressure. If all patients with traumatic ASDH were taken directly to hospitals equipped to diagnose and remove the hematoma within 4 h of injury, mortality rates could be reduced considerably.