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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2025

Too severe to save? Association between the timing of decompressive craniectomy and mortality in pediatric traumatic brain injury using the German hospital database.

Rayan Hojeij, Pia Brensing, Bernd Kowall, Andreas Stang, Michael Nonnemacher, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, Philipp Dammann, Marcel Dudda, Christian Dohna-Schwake, Nora Bruns

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Rayan HojeijDepartment of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. rayan.hojeij@uk-essen.de.
Pia BrensingDepartment of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Bernd KowallInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Andreas StangInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Michael NonnemacherInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Ursula Felderhoff-MüserDepartment of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Philipp DammannDepartment of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Marcel DuddaDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, BG Klinikum Duisburg, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.
Christian Dohna-SchwakeDepartment of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Nora BrunsDepartment of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

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PMCPMC12211954

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