Abstract The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was first published in 1975 by Bryan Jennett
and Michael Bond. With over 4,000 citations to the original paper, it is the most highly cited …

Hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury (HIBI) is the main cause of death in patients who are
comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest. A poor neurological outcome—defined as …

Background Intraventricular haemorrhage is a subtype of intracerebral haemorrhage, with
50% mortality and serious disability for survivors. We aimed to test whether attempting to …

The deleterious consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) impair capacity to return to
many avenues of pre-morbid life. However, there has been limited longitudinal research …

Background Bedside clinical examinations can have high rates of misdiagnosis of
unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (vegetative state) or minimally conscious state. The …

Background It is unclear whether decompressive craniectomy improves the functional
outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and refractory raised intracranial …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major public health problem globally. In the United
States the incidence of closed head injuries admitted to hospitals is conservatively estimated …

Background Erythropoietin might have neurocytoprotective effects. In this trial, we studied its
effect on neurological recovery, mortality, and venous thrombotic events in patients with …

Background The Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation study suggested that patients with
traumatic brain injury resuscitated with albumin had a higher mortality rate than those …

Objective: To determine the frequency of disability in young people and adults admitted to
hospital with a head injury and to estimate the annual incidence in the community. Design …