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WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours.

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Authors

Picetti, Edoardo 
Rossi, Sandra 
Abu-Zidan, Fikri M 
Ansaloni, Luca 
Armonda, Rocco 

Abstract

The acute phase management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and polytrauma represents a major challenge. Guidelines for the care of these complex patients are lacking, and worldwide variability in clinical practice has been documented in recent studies. Consequently, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) decided to organize an international consensus conference regarding the monitoring and management of severe adult TBI polytrauma patients during the first 24 hours after injury. A modified Delphi approach was adopted, with an agreement cut-off of 70%. Forty experts in this field (emergency surgeons, neurosurgeons, and intensivists) participated in the online consensus process. Sixteen recommendations were generated, with the aim of promoting rational care in this difficult setting.

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Keywords

Bleeding, Hemorrhage, Management, Monitoring, Polytrauma, Traumatic brain injury, Adult, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Consensus Development Conferences as Topic, Delphi Technique, General Surgery, Guidelines as Topic, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Multiple Trauma, Patient Care Management

Journal Title

World J Emerg Surg

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Journal ISSN

1749-7922
1749-7922

Volume Title

14

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (G0601025)