Prehospital and Intrahospital Temporal Intervals in Patients Requiring Emergent Trauma Craniotomy. A 6-Year Observational Study in a Level 1 Trauma Center

According to level 2 evidence, earlier evacuation of acute subdural or epidural hematomas necessitating surgery is associated with better outcome. Hence, guidelines recommend performing these procedures immediately. Literature on the extent and causes of prehospital and intrahospital intervals in patients with trauma requiring emergent craniotomies is almost completely lacking. Studies delineating and refining the interval before thrombolytic agent administration in ischemic stroke have dramatically reduced the door-to-needle time.
Source: World Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research