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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Title
WSES consensus conference guidelines: monitoring and management of severe adult traumatic brain injury patients with polytrauma in the first 24 hours
Author
Picetti, Edoardo; Rossi, Sandra; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M; Ansaloni, Luca; Armonda, Rocco; Baiocchi, Gian Luca; Miklosh Bala; Balogh, Zsolt J; Berardino, Maurizio; Biffl, Walter L; Bouzat, Pierre; Buki, Andras; Ceresoli, Marco; Chesnut, Randall M; Chiara, Osvaldo; Citerio, Giuseppe
Pages
1-9
Section
Review
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17497922
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2328960116
Copyright
© 2019. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.