Open AccessInflammation and Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Gender Effect on Survival and Prognosis?
Author(s) -
Taraneh Naghibi,
Mina Mohajeri,
Faramarz Dobakhti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/19132.9198
Subject(s) - glasgow coma scale , medicine , traumatic brain injury , mechanical ventilation , head injury , glasgow outcome scale , intensive care unit , head trauma , injury severity score , ventilation (architecture) , c reactive protein , anesthesia , inflammation , surgery , injury prevention , poison control , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) accounts for the majority of trauma deaths and there has been increased interest in the understanding the role of prognostic factors. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) level increases rapidly in response to trauma.