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The Clinical Criteria in Gravity Assessment of Acute Head Injuries Associated With Coma

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Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 28))

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Abstract

In the first few days following severe craniocerebral trauma the classical paraclinical investigative methods of EEG34, neuroradiological procedures14 including CT scanning32,37, and enzyme titration in CSF13,18,33 have limited use, and sophisticated monitoring of intracranial pressure by computed radiotelemetry10,15,19,28,38 is available only for a few specialized clinical departments in the world.

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  1. Clinic of Neurosurgery, Iaşi, Romania

    V. Dimov

  2. J. C. U. Hospital of Neurosurgery, Iaşi, Romania

    M. Anghel

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  1. Clinique Neurochirurgicale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue Héger-Bordet, 1, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. Brihaye

  2. Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane, TS5 5AZ, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK

    P. R. R. Clarke

  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Loew

  4. Odense University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense, Denmark

    J. Overgaard M.D.

  5. National Institute of Neurosurgery, Amerikai út 57, H-1145, Budapest, Hungary

    E. Pásztor M.D.

  6. Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris VI, Clinique Neuro-Chirurgicale, 83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    B. Pertuiset

  7. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-6500, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. Schürmann

  8. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK

    L. Symon T.D., F.R.C.S.

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Dimov, V., Anghel, M. (1979). The Clinical Criteria in Gravity Assessment of Acute Head Injuries Associated With Coma. In: Brihaye, J., et al. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 28. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4088-8_5

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