A concerted effort to tackle the global health problem posed by traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
long overdue. TBI is a public health challenge of vast, but insufficiently recognised, …

Background: Severe traumatic brain injury often leads to death from withdrawal of life-sustaining
therapy, although prognosis is difficult to determine. Methods: To evaluate variation in …

Background Understanding of sepsis-induced brain dysfunction remains poor, and relies
mainly on data from animals or post-mortem studies in patients. The current study provided …

Diastolic function is receiving more attention since echocardiographic measurements were
developed and have become widely available. The importance and significance of diastolic …

Introduction Management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) includes invasive monitoring to
prevent secondary brain injuries. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor is the main measurement …

Background. Sleep-wake disturbances are among the most persistent sequelae after
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and probably arise during the hospital stay following TBI. These …

Objective The objective was to study the anatomical changes in the pituitary gland following
acute moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Retrospective, observational, …

Background Delayed intracranial hemorrhage is a potential complication of head trauma in
anticoagulated patients. Objective Our aim was to use a systematic review and meta-analysis …

… BERNARD FRANCES, ROBERT GOUT, BERNARD MONSARRAT, JEAN CROS and
JEAN-MARIE ZAJAC … content of @i(>75%) and sc(80%) sites (Frances et a!., 1985). Rat …

Oxidative stress is one of the factors involved in age-related impairment of cardiac function.
In the present study, we investigated the role of the catecholamine-degrading enzyme …