Medical management in south-west Sweden of children and adolescents with serious traumatic brain injury

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Emanuelson, Ingrid ^a   Wendt, Lennart V ^b  

^a Bracke Ostergard Reg Pediat R   (Sweden)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0032052298     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00177-0     Document Type: Article

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