Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.

Journal of Trauma Nursing, January, 2004 by Kamerling, Susan N.

GUIDELINES FOR THE ACUTE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS

Adelson, P., Bratton, S., Carney, N., Chesnut, R., du Coudray H., Goldstein, B., Kochanek, P., Miller, H., Partington, M., Selden, N., Warden, C.,Wright, D.

Supplement to Critical Care Medicine, 2003, 31(6): $417-$491.

REVIEWER INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of trauma-related morbidity and mortality in children. Despite the lack of substantial research on pediatric TBI, the acute care management of children with severe TBI should ideally be based upon an evidence-based framework. This supplement to Critical Care Medicine is entirely devoted to the management of severe TBI (defined as a...