Outcome of pediatric patients with severe brain injury in Korea: A comparison with reports in the West

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-86

  Song, Shi Hun ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Kim, Kwan Tae ^a   Kim, Youn ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Children; Outcome; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030934291     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050048     Document Type: Article

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