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Predictors of Lin et al for Good Outcome Following a Civilian Gunshot Wound to the Brain

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A patient with a low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and pupillary abnormalities following a gunshot wound to the brain usually has a poor prognosis. Lin et al identified factors predictive of a good outcome in these patients. The authors are from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.


Patient selection: gunshot wound to the brain, Glasgow coma scale less than 5 on admission

 

Factors associated with a better outcome - all of the following:

(1) time from injury to surgical intervention less than 1 hour

(2) injury to noneloquent brain

(3) no injury to midbrain, brainstem and major vessels

 

Patients often require a hemicraniectomy because of cerebral swelling.


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