Correlation of Glasgow coma scale (GCS), CT, and apache - II system findings in patients with traumatic brain injury

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the existing relationship among the scores of the GCS and the APACHE-II system and the CT findings in patients with traumatic brain injury who were admitted to the mixed medical and surgical ICU of University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece during the decade 1994-2003. In addition, the validation of APACHE-II system in this sample is attempted. Furthermore, effort is made to produce regression models to accurately predict a) the verbal response of the GCS based upon the eye and motor components of the GCS and b) the APACHE-II score using a more limited set of variables. The male:female ratio and the traffic accidents:falls ratio is 7,2:1 and 3,3:1 respectively. The mean age is 45,19±2,555 years (34,07±3,628 for survivors and 55,48±3,672 for non-survivors). The mean ICU stay is 11,5±2,051 days and the ICU mortality is 48,6%. The mean GCS score is 6,39±0,554 (6,81±0,983 for survivors and 5,55±0,706 for non-survivors). The most frequently fo ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/26837
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/26837
ND
26837
Alternative title
Συσχέτιση κλίμακας Γλασκώβης (GCS), ευρημάτων αξονικής τομογραφίας και συστήματος βαθμολόγησης apache - II σε ασθενείς με κρανιοεγκεφαλικές κακώσεις
Author
Matis, Georgios (Father's name: Konstantinos)
Date
2009
Degree Grantor
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
Committee members
Μανωλάς Κωνσταντίνος
Μηνόπουλος Γεώργιος
Λυρατζόπουλος Νικόλαος
Πρασόπουλος Παναγιώτης
Πιπερίδου Χαριτωμένη
Πνευματικός Ιωάννης
Μπιρμπίλης Θεοδόσιος
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Keywords
Traumatic brain injury; Glasgow coma scale; Computed tomography; Apache - II, system; Intensive care units (ICU); Severity scoring; Hospital mortality
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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