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Leonidas Grigorakos Author

grigorakos@parliament.gr

Subjects of specialization
Traumatic brain injury, Glasgow Coma Scale, Clinical predictors, CT scan, ICU

Affiliation
School of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Biography

Leonidas Grigorakos, School of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Specialized in the subject of  patients with severe traumatic brain injury, Glasgow Coma Scale, Traumatic brain injury; Glasgow Coma Scale; Clinical predictors; CT scan; ICU

 

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Research Article Open Access

Predictors of Outcome in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Author(s):

Leonidas Grigorakos, Anastasia Alexopoulou, Katerina Tzortzopoulou, Stamatοula Stratouli, Despoina Chroni, Eleni Papadaki, Ioannis Alamanos and Nikolaos Sakellaridis

Background: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate and is one of the leading causes of death in the intensive care units. The aim of this study was to examine predictors of hospital outcome in adult patients admitted to ICU because of severe TBI. Methods: A retrospective study was carried on patients (n=621) with severe head injury, defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤ 8 who were admitted to the general ICU over a 15-year period (1999-2013). Most important variables that could be correlated with outcome (demographics, cause of injury, GCS, clinical variables and computed tomography–CT scan) were analysed. Results: Total mortality rate was 27.38%. Patients older than 75 years had a mortality rate of 57.14%. 70.05% of the patie... view more»

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