TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Management of gunshot injuries to the head and brain
JO  - Rev. chil. neurocir
A1  - Andrade, Almir Ferreira
A1  - Paiva, Wellingson Silva
A1  - Amorim, Robson Luiz Oliveira de
A1  - Brock, Roger Scmidit
A1  - Rodrigues, Jose Carlos
A1  - Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen
SP  - 39
EP  - 45
VL  - 34
IS  - 
N2  - Craniocerebral gunshot wounds are often devastating. The in-hospital mortality for civilians with penetrating craniocerebral injury is 52-95 percent depending on the proportion of suicide victims in the series. The devastating nature of this lesion is accentuated by the fact that predominantly affects young and healthy patients. The most important predictive factor is the post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Score (GCS). Early aggressive resuscitation, surgery and vigorous control of intracranial pressure offers the best chance of achieving a satisfactory outcome. In this paper the authors performed a critical literature review about this issue and discuss the clinical aspects and management in these patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0716-4491
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -