HEAD TRAUMA AND LEUKOCYTOSIS

Citation
S. Keskil et al., HEAD TRAUMA AND LEUKOCYTOSIS, Acta neurochirurgica, 131(3-4), 1994, pp. 211-214
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
131
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
211 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1994)131:3-4<211:HTAL>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A prospective analysis of 153 cases of head trauma was conducted with respect to their white blood cell counts. A white blood cell count exc eeding 20 x 10(6)/l is associated with a poor clinical grade on admiss ion and with a 96% mortality as opposed to that of a 23% mortality for those with slightly lower or slightly above normal white blood cell c ount. The sensitivity for this level is a mortality of 96% while the s pecificity is 77%.