Survival of children (< 17 years) with severe head injuries (Glascow Coma Scale [GCS] score
<8) has been shown to be better than that of adults. The addition of hypotension (HT) or …

Blunt carotid injury (BCI) is an uncommon yet potentially devastating entity which has received
little attention in the pediatric literature. In an attempt to better characterize pediatric BCI, a …

The evaluation and management of patients with minor head injury (MHI: history of loss of
consciousness or posttraumatic amnesia and a GCS score> 12) remain controversial. …

Prehospital or admission hypotension doubles the mortality for patients with severe head injury
(SHI= Glasgow Coma Scale score 8). To our knowledge no study to date has determined …

… Wald, felt that we probably could have been a little more aggressive in our resuscitation.
Cerebral perfusion pressure is important, and it is a parameter that should be followed. …

… Wald could comment, does he believe the delay in transfer is … Wald's study or in any of
the others he cited severity … Wald is suggesting we abandon the concept that aggressive …

PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) IS a devastating complication in patients with traumatic
spinal cord injury (SCI). Prophylactic measures such as venous compression hose or low-dose …

Background The diagnosis of blunt cervical arterial injury (CAI) is made difficult by its infrequent
occurrence and delayed presentation. Beginning in January of 1995, we used computed …

Background Evidence suggests that mild head injuries in humans can result in cumulative
damage. No investigation to date has considered the effects of multiple subacute mild head …

✓ Twenty patients with documented cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections were treated with
daily intraventricular injections of methicillin, cephalothin, or gentamicin without removal of the …