Open AccessRisk Factors for Cerebral Infarction After Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Yingang Wu,
Yingjiu Chao,
Ge Gao,
Dejun Bao,
Yongfei Dong,
Xiangpin Wei,
Chaoshi Niu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
therapeutics and clinical risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1178-203X
pISSN - 1176-6336
DOI - 10.2147/tcrm.s309662
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , decompressive craniectomy , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , subarachnoid hemorrhage , anesthesia , neurosurgery , brain herniation , risk factor , surgery , physics , psychiatry , optics
Posttraumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is a common and relatively serious complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI) without a clear etiology. Evaluating risk factors in advance is particularly important to predict and avoid the occurrence of PTCI.