Evolving brain lesions in the first 12 hours after head injury: analysis of 37 comatose patients.

ABSTRACTFROM JANUARY 1, 1990, to April 30, 1994, 412 patients were admitted to our intensive care unit in coma after head injuries. Our study group consisted of 37 patients who were retrospectively identified as harboring lesions or developing new lesions within a 12-hour period from the time of adm