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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Related to Outcome in Head Injury

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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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In 46 head-injured patients coagulation studies were performed immediately after admission. In 76% of all cases signs of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) were found. DIC was related to the severity of the injury and outcome. It is suggested that DIC may be used as an important parameter in assessing craniocerebral trauma.

In a previous report it was stated that disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is met frequently in head-injured patients (2.5–15.3%), and is associated with a more severe grade of injury and an increased mortality4. This paper explores in more detail the relationship between outcome after head-injury and signs of PIC, as detected by laboratory studies performed in the first few hours after injury.

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  1. Neurosurgical Centre, Zwolle, The Netherlands

    W. Pondaag

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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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Pondaag, W. (1979). Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Related to Outcome in Head Injury. 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_22

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