Immune system status in the patients after severe brain injury
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bratislavské lekárske listy |
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| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | brain injury; immune system disorders; extracranial complications |
| Description | Extracranial complications occuring after severe brain injury definitely aggravate clinical status and debase Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS). The immune system disorders could cause for example pneurmonia and other inflammatory complications - urinary infection, coagulopathy, etc. Patients with immune system disorders have more extracranial complications. Patients with lower Glasgow Coma Scale after admission have often immune system disorders. However the prognostic value of monitoring of immune system disorders, extracranial complications. |
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