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Case Reports
. 2005 Oct;37(5):236-42.
doi: 10.1097/01376517-200510000-00002.

Successful outcome in severe traumatic brain injury: a case study

Jessica Patterson  1 , Stephanie A Bloom, Bernadette Coyle, Danielle Mouradjian, Eileen Maloney Wilensky
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Successful outcome in severe traumatic brain injury: a case study

Jessica Patterson et al. J Neurosci Nurs. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

This case study describes the management of a 54-year-old male who presented to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after being assaulted. He underwent an emergent bifrontal decompressive hemicraniectomy for multiple, severe frontal contusions. His postoperative course included monitoring of intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, partial pressure of brain oxygen, brain temperature, and medical management based on HUP's established TBI algorithm. This case study explores the potential benefit of combining multimodality monitoring and TBI guidelines in the management of severe TBI.

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