Moderate head injury: A system of neurotrauma care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-64

  Fearnside, Michael ^a,c   Mcdougall, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Delayed intracranial haematoma; Head injury Intracranial pressure; Moderate head injury; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031973161     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04638.x     Document Type: Article

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