Open AccessFactors predicting outcomes in surgically treated pediatric traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Sean Wei Yi Lee,
Ming Yang,
Swati Jain,
Shu Ying Chee,
Kejia Teo,
Ning Chou,
Sein Lwin,
Tseng Tsai Yeo,
Vincent Diong Weng Nga
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_2_19
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , traumatic brain injury , emergency department , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , injury severity score , univariate analysis , glasgow outcome scale , odds ratio , intracranial pressure , anesthesia , emergency medicine , surgery , poison control , injury prevention , multivariate analysis , psychiatry
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common presentation to the pediatric emergency department. Understanding factors that predict outcomes will be useful in clinical decision-making and prognostication. The objective of this study was to identify important clinical parameters predictive of outcomes in pediatric TBI patients who underwent surgery.