Abstract

The contractor is part of a five year multi-center traumatic coma bank project. The purpose of the project is to collect accurate data on large numbers of severly head injured patients according to precise definitions and a common data collection protocol.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01NS032339-008
Application #
3669578
Study Section
Project Start
1983-04-15
Project End
1988-04-14
Budget Start
1985-09-15
Budget End
1986-11-14
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Texas Medical Br Galveston
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041367053
City
Galveston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77555

  Publications

Chesnut, R M; Gautille, T; Blunt, B A et al. (1998) Neurogenic hypotension in patients with severe head injuries. J Trauma 44:958-63;discussion 963-4
Holloway, K L; Barnes, T; Choi, S et al. (1996) Ventriculostomy infections: the effect of monitoring duration and catheter exchange in 584 patients. J Neurosurg 85:419-24
Ellenberg, J H; Levin, H S; Saydjari, C (1996) Posttraumatic Amnesia as a predictor of outcome after severe closed head injury. Prospective assessment. Arch Neurol 53:782-91
Chesnut, R M; Gautille, T; Blunt, B A et al. (1994) The localizing value of asymmetry in pupillary size in severe head injury: relation to lesion type and location. Neurosurgery 34:840-5;discussion 845-6
Chesnut, R M; Marshall, L F; Klauber, M R et al. (1993) The role of secondary brain injury in determining outcome from severe head injury. J Trauma 34:216-22
Clifton, G L; Kreutzer, J S; Choi, S C et al. (1993) Relationship between Glasgow Outcome Scale and neuropsychological measures after brain injury. Neurosurgery 33:34-8;discussion 38-9
Chesnut, R M; Marshall, S B; Piek, J et al. (1993) Early and late systemic hypotension as a frequent and fundamental source of cerebral ischemia following severe brain injury in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 59:121-5
Aldrich, E F; Eisenberg, H M; Saydjari, C et al. (1992) Predictors of mortality in severely head-injured patients with civilian gunshot wounds: a report from the NIH Traumatic Coma Data Bank. Surg Neurol 38:418-23
Aldrich, E F; Eisenberg, H M; Saydjari, C et al. (1992) Diffuse brain swelling in severely head-injured children. A report from the NIH Traumatic Coma Data Bank. J Neurosurg 76:450-4
Piek, J; Chesnut, R M; Marshall, L F et al. (1992) Extracranial complications of severe head injury. J Neurosurg 77:901-7

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