1. [Intensive care of traumatic brain injury in children].
- Author
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Kizilov AV, Babaev BD, Malov AG, Ermolaev VV, Mikhaĭlov EV, and Ostreĭkov IF
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Air Ambulances, Brain Injuries complications, Brain Injuries mortality, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Multiple Trauma complications, Multiple Trauma mortality, Respiration, Artificial, Time Factors, Trauma Severity Indices, Treatment Outcome, Brain Injuries therapy, Critical Care methods, Multiple Trauma therapy
- Abstract
Traumatic brain injury among other injuries of human body reaches up to 30-50% and, according to the WHO, it grows by 2%. Severe traumatic brain injury (such as severe brain contusion, epidural, subdural and intracerebral hematoma, intracerebral hygroma, diffuse axonal injury) in the structure of general trauma amounts 4-20%. The prognosis of traumatic brain injury mainly depends on the timeliness of the first aid. The therapeutic measures usually begin at the place of the accident or in the ambulance vehicle (hence the clear role of the specialist team). It is advised for children with severe traumatic brain injury to be directed to specialized neurosurgical or trauma hospitals, where it is possible to provide them with adequate medical care. This work is dedicated to the enhancement of the intensive care quality during severe traumatic brain injury in children of Chuvash Republic, by the means of integrated patient assessment.
- Published
- 2011