[Nordic accident classification system used in the Danish National Hospital Registration System to register causes of severe traumatic brain injury].

Introduction: The purpose was to illustrate the use of the accident classification system worked out by the Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee (NOMESCO). In particular, registration of causes of severe traumatic brain injury according to the system as part of the Danish National Hospital Registration System was studied.

Materials And Methods: The study comprised 117 patients with very severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) admitted to the Brain Injury Unit of the University Hospital in Hvidovre, Copenhagen, from 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2002.

[Damage control surgery in multiply traumatised patients].

The results of extensive and prolonged surgical procedures performed in multi trauma patients are often poor. These patients may develop the lethal combination of metabolic acidosis, coagulopathy and hypothermia, which reduces their physiological reserve capacity. The 'damage control surgery' (DCS) approach is known to reduce the mortality rate in multi trauma patients.