Rapid identification of high-risk patients after minor head trauma (MHT) by assessment of S-100B: ascertainment of a cut-off level. - Concepedia

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Rapid identification of high-risk patients after minor head trauma (MHT) by assessment of S-100B: ascertainment of a cut-off level.

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2002

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Peter Biberthaler, Thomas Mussack, E. Wiedemann, Kanz Kg, W. Mutschler, Ulrich Linsenmaier, Pfeifer Kj, Cornelia Gippner‐Steppert, Marianne Jochum

Abstract

S-100B concentrations above the cut-off level measured within 40 min after blood sampling allows safe identification and immediate treatment of intracerebral lesions (e.g. epidural and subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, diffuse brain edema etc.) in MHT patients.