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2929965

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
During 72 h following severe head injury, 103 patients in acute posttraumatic coma were assessed by clinical examinations (documented by Glasgow Coma Score) and brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) as well as short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) following median-nerve stimulation. Patient outcomes were classified at 6 months or more according to the following categories: good recovery, severely disabled or vegetative, and brain dead. Patients who had died of systemic complications (pneumonia, septicemia, renal failure, etc.) were excluded from the study. The Glasgow Coma Score was reliable in forecasting a favorable outcome; all patients with a Score over 9 points had a good recovery. The Glasgow Coma Score was not reliable in predicting an unfavorable outcome, however; some patients with the lowest possible Glasgow Coma Score (3 points) at the early clinical examination survived with good recovery. The BAEPs were reliable predictors of an unfavorable outcome; the outcome was unfavorable when a missing wave V or more missing waves pointed toward a secondary brainstem lesion. Normal BAEPs were not reliable, however, in predicting a favorable outcome. SEP data served as a prognostic indicator of unfavorable as well as favorable outcomes. In summary, evoked potentials add valuable information to the clinical examination in assessing a patient's outcome after severe head injury.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-2417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Early prognosis in severe cranio-cerebral trauma using the Glasgow Coma Score and evoked potentials].
pubmed:affiliation
Neurologische Klinik mit Klinischer Neurophysiologie, Zentralklinikum Augsburg.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't