Pituitary functions in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury: Are they related to severity of the injury or mortality?

Tanriverdi F., Ulutabanca H., Unluhizarci K., Selcuklu A., Casanueva F. F., Kelestimur F.

BRAIN INJURY, cilt.21, sa.4, ss.433-439, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/02699050701311083
  • Dergi Adı: BRAIN INJURY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.433-439
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: traumatic brain injury, Glasgow Coma Scale, mild brain injury, pituitary, hypopituitarism, CLOSED-HEAD INJURY, NEUROENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION, SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, STIMULATION TEST, GH DEFICIENCY, HIGH-RISK, HYPOPITUITARISM, REHABILITATION, ABNORMALITIES, PREVALENCE
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Primary objective: There are only limited data regarding pituitary functions in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury ( TBI) and previous studies have been conducted in only small cohorts of subjects. Therefore we have investigated the pituitary functions in the early acute phase, within 24 hours of trauma, in 104 patients with TBI. Additionally, the relationships between basal pituitary hormones, severity of the trauma and mortality due to trauma were also investigated.