Initial assessment and outcome of head injured patients transferred to a regional neurosurgical service: What do we miss?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-12

  Grant, Patrick T ^a,c   Shrouder, Sarah ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Trauma Audit Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Accident and Emergency Med ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury transfer; Missed injuries; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031022056     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.1.10     Document Type: Article

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