Glasgow Coma Scale

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A blood-based biomarker panel to risk-stratify mild traumatic brain injury. 
  • A non-invasive assessment of intracranial volume reserve by measuring cerebrospinal fluid volume with the aid of CT imaging. 
  • A pilot study of cerebral and haemodynamic physiological changes during sedation with dexmedetomidine or propofol in patients with acute brain injury. 
  • A prospective, multicenter pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of using the CoolGard System and Icy catheter following cardiac arrest. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria Head Trauma. 
  • Acute cardiac effects of carbon monoxide poisoning in children. 
  • Administration of 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate as an Antidote for Intracranial Bleeding in Patients Taking Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors. 
  • Admission oxygenation and ventilation parameters associated with discharge survival in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury. 
  • Aggressive early crystalloid resuscitation adversely affects outcomes in adult blunt trauma patients: an analysis of the Glue Grant database. 
  • An evaluation of outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury at a referral hospital in Tanzania: evidence from a survival analysis. 
  • Association of Early Myocardial Workload and Mortality Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Association of IL6ST (gp130) Polymorphism with Functional Outcome Following Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. 
  • Biomarkers in traumatic brain injury. 
  • Blunt vascular injuries of the head and neck: is heparinization necessary? 
  • Brainstem dysfunction as a predictor of death in the nonneurologically injured. 
  • Causes, clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of chronic subdural hematoma at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. 
  • Characteristics of palliative care consultation at an academic level one trauma center. 
  • Characterizing the relationship between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and early cardiac dysfunction in traumatic brain injury. 
  • Clevidipine rapidly and safely reduces blood pressure in acute intracerebral hemorrhage: the ACCELERATE trial. 
  • Clinical Epidemiology of Adults With Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Clinical predictors of post-traumatic seizures in children with head trauma. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of treatment strategies for severe splenic trauma in the pediatric population. 
  • Conventional and Unconventional Lifesaving Therapies in an Adolescent With Amlodipine Ingestion. 
  • Correlation of leukocytosis with early neurological deterioration following supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  • Correlation of serum brain natriuretic peptide with hyponatremia and delayed ischemic neurological deficits after subarachnoid hemorrhage. 
  • Covariate adjustment increased power in randomized controlled trials: an example in traumatic brain injury. 
  • Decompressive hemicraniectomy in pediatric patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: case series and review of the literature. 
  • Decompressive laparotomy for refractory intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury. 
  • Distribution and characteristics of severe traumatic brain injury at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. 
  • Does routine serial computed tomography of the head influence management of traumatic brain injury? A prospective evaluation. 
  • Early Systolic Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study. 
  • Efficacy of multiple intraarterial papaverine infusions for improvement in cerebral circulation time in patients with recurrent cerebral vasospasm. 
  • Evaluating the use and utility of noninvasive angiography in diagnosing traumatic blunt cerebrovascular injury. 
  • Facial fractures of the upper craniofacial skeleton predict mortality and occult intracranial injury after blunt trauma: an analysis. 
  • Fentanyl and Midazolam Are Ineffective in Reducing Episodic Intracranial Hypertension in Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2. 
  • Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary. 
  • Heterogeneity of brain lesions in pediatric traumatic brain injury. 
  • Identification of comatose patients at high risk for death or severe disability. SUPPORT Investigators. Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Indications for routine repeat head computed tomography (CT) stratified by severity of traumatic brain injury. 
  • Influence of the initial level of consciousness on early, goal-directed mobilization: a post hoc analysis. 
  • Initial management of pediatric head trauma. 
  • Intracranial pressure waveform analysis during rest and suctioning. 
  • Intraparenchymal vs extracranial ventricular drain intracranial pressure monitors in traumatic brain injury: less is more? 
  • Intraventricular hemorrhage in blunt head trauma: an analysis of 43 cases. 
  • Is the Face an Air Bag for the Brain and Torso?-The Potential Protective Effects of Severe Midface Fractures. 
  • Long-term follow-up of pediatric head trauma patients treated at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. 
  • Longitudinal Predictors of Criminal Arrest After Traumatic Brain Injury: Results From the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System National Database. 
  • Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2019 Consensus and Guidelines-Based Algorithm for First and Second Tier Therapies. 
  • Management of pediatric intracranial gunshot wounds: predictors of favorable clinical outcome and a new proposed treatment paradigm. 
  • Non-convulsive status epilepticus: usefulness of clinical features in selecting patients for urgent EEG. 
  • Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Families and Healthcare Team Interaction Trajectories During Acute Hospitalization. 
  • Pediatric traumatic brain injury at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. 
  • Performance monitoring and cognitive control in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury. 
  • Prediction of 30-day mortality among patients with thrombolysis-related intracranial hemorrhage. 
  • Prediction of survival for older hospitalized patients: the HELP survival model. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project. 
  • Predictors of intensive care unit length of stay and intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury. 
  • Predictors of late neurological deterioration after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  • Predictors of performance monitoring abilities following traumatic brain injury: the influence of negative affect and cognitive sequelae. 
  • Processed electroencephalogram during donation after cardiac death. 
  • Randomized trial of lacosamide versus fosphenytoin for nonconvulsive seizures. 
  • Ranitidine improves lymphocyte function after severe head injury: results of a randomized, double-blind study. 
  • Reliability of Glasgow Coma Score in pediatric trauma patients. 
  • Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 for prediction of absence of intracranial injuries on head CT (ALERT-TBI): a multicentre observational study. 
  • Survey of patient and physician influences and decision-making regarding CT utilization for minor head injury. 
  • Survival and outcome after endotracheal intubation for acute stroke. 
  • The impact of bispectral index monitoring on rates of propofol administration. 
  • Too much of a good thing? Tracing the history of the propofol infusion syndrome. 
  • Towards precision medicine: Accurate predictive modeling of infectious complications in combat casualties. 
  • Toxic ingestion of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. 
  • Treatment of direct carotid-cavernous fistulas with flow diversion - does it work? 
  • Unconsciousness in the intensive care unit: a practical approach. 
  • Upward transtentorial herniation, hydrocephalus, and cerebellar edema in hypertensive encephalopathy. 
  • Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Gottfried, Oren N, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • James, Michael Lucas, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Neuroanesthesia
  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology