Open AccessHypocalcemia as a prognostic factor in mortality and morbidity in moderate and severe traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Vinas-Rios Juan Manuel,
Martín Sánchez-Aguilar,
Sanchez-Rodriguez Jose Juan,
Muruato-Araiza Luis Fernando,
F. Meyer,
Thomas Kretschmer,
Heinen Christian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.161171
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry
Our main objective was to evaluate whether serum hypocalcaemia (defined as <2.1 mmol/L [8.5 mg/dL]) and ionized serum calcium (defined as <1.10 mmol/L [4.5 mg/dL]) is a prognostic factor for mortality and morbidity (defined as Glasgow outcome score [GOS] ≤3) in early moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).