Publications by authors named "Toufeeq Ahmad Mir"
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability throughout the world. Commonly used predictors of outcome both individually or in combination include age, Glasgow Coma Scale score, pupillary reactivity, early hypoxia, and hypotension. Most of the studies previously done to examine risk factors for mortality in severe TBI were done in the setting of polytrauma.
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- Children with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) often experience growth retardation, potentially due to growth hormone (GH) resistance.
- A study comparing 30 children with EHPVO to controls found that those with EHPVO had significantly lower height and weight standard deviation scores (SDS), although their GH levels were higher.
- Following shunt surgery, a significant improvement in growth parameters was observed in 12 of the children, indicating that surgical intervention can be beneficial for their growth.