Prognostic factors in severely head injured adult patients with epidural haematoma's

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Servadei, F ^a  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural haematoma; Prognosis; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030947886     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808821     Document Type: Short Survey

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