Abbreviations
BTF – Brain Trauma Foundation
CT – Computer Tomography
CCT – Cranial Computer Tomography
ED – Emergency Department
EEG – Electroencephalogram
EVD – External Ventricular Drainage
GCS – Glasgow Coma Score
GOSE – Glasgow Outcome Score
HEMS – Helicopter Emergency Service
ICP – Intracranial Pressure
ICU – Intensive Care Unit
L – lumbar
LE – Lower Extremities
mRS – modified Rankin Scale
MRT – Magnetic Resonance Tomography
RCT – Randomized Control Trial
SSEPs – Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
sTBI – severe Traumatic Brain Injury
TH – thoracic
UE - Upper Extremities
Funding:
Publication fees will be covered by Karl Landsteiner Institute for
Emergency Medicine.
Authors contribution:
HT and GH concepted and designed this paper; CD and IG contributed in
acquisition and analysis of data; JK is responsible for radiologic
examination and reporting. HT drafted the article; all authors revised
it critically for important intellectual content and approved this
version to be published.
I, Helmut TRIMMEL, as the corresponding author have the right to grant
on behalf of all authors, an exclusive licence for contributions from
all authors to permit this work if accepted, to be published.
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Ethics approval
Since both patients gave their written consent, the institutional board
had no objection to the publication of the cases.
Acknowledgements
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Availability of data and material
All data is available from the authors.
Competing interests
All authors confirm that they have no competing interests.