Aggressive out-of-hospital treatment regimen for severe closed head injury in patients undergoing air medical transport

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 94-100

  Abbott, D ^a   Brauer, K ^b,c   Hutton, K ^c,d   Rosen, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Golden Hour Data Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032111276     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(98)90102-X     Document Type: Article

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