[Role of the EEG in predicting the outcome of craniocerebral injuries]

The severity of the patient's clinical condition and the outcome of craniocerebral trauma are determined by the state of the brain stem structures which are irritated as the result of the injury; this is reflected in the development of the corresponding clinical syndromes and EEG changes. On comparison of the results of clinico-neurological and electroencephalographic evaluation of the function of the stem structures, 3 prognostically unfavourable criteria of the outcome of a severe craniocerebral trauma are described. The obtained data can be used for earlier detection of coarse affections of the brain stem and the application of opportune pathogenetic treatment.