Citation

Robertson C. Acta Neurochir. Suppl. 1993; 59: 98-101.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8310869

Abstract

The relationship of jugular venous desaturation and neurological outcome was examined in 116 patients with severe head injury. Seventy-six episodes of jugular venous desaturation were prospectively identified in 46 (40%) of the patients. The etiology of the desaturations varied, including both systemic and cerebral causes. A poor neurological outcome was strongly associated with the occurrence of jugular venous desaturation.

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