Effect of arousal methods for 175 cases of prolonged coma after severe traumatic brain injury and its related factors / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
; (6): 341-343, 2004.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the effect of arousal methods for prolonged coma of 175 patients with severe traumatic brain injury and related factors.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>There were 175 cases with persistent coma longer than 1 month after severe traumatic brain injury. Coma lasted 1-12 months. Arousal procedures included hyperbaric oxygen, physical therapy and arousal drugs.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the 175 prolonged coma patients 110 got recovery of consciousness; in 118 cases with coma of 1-3 months, 86 cases recovered consciousness (72.9%); in 42 cases with coma of 4-6 months, 20 cases recovered consciousness (47.6); and in 15 cases with coma of longer than 6 months, only 4 cases recovered consciousness (26.7%). The recovery of consciousness depended on patient's primary brain stem damage, cerebral hernia, GCS score, and age.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Application of appropriate arousal procedures improves recovery of consciousness in patients with prolonged coma.</p>
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Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Brain Injuries
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Glasgow Coma Scale
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Treatment Outcome
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Recovery of Function
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Coma, Post-Head Injury
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article