Publications by authors named "Arturo Lavadenz"
Article Synopsis
- A study looked at how a special treatment method called the CREVICE protocol helped patients with severe brain injuries do better after 6 months compared to not using a protocol at all.
- They found that using CREVICE led to fewer deaths and better recovery scores for patients.
- The research involved 501 patients mostly from public hospitals in South America and showed that having a structured protocol made a positive difference in their care.
Background: Most patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) in low- or-middle-income countries and surprisingly many in high-income countries are managed without intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. The impact of the first published protocol (Imaging and Clinical Examination [ICE] protocol) is untested against nonprotocol management.
Objective: To determine whether patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) using the ICE protocol have lower mortality and better neurobehavioral functioning than those treated in ICUs using no protocol.
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disproportionately affects lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The factors influencing outcomes in LMIC have not been examined as rigorously as in higher-income countries.
Methods: This study was conducted to examine clinical and demographic factors influencing TBI outcomes in Latin American LMIC.