Survey of the management of patients with minor head injuries in hospitals in Sweden

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 355-359

  Bellner, J ^a   Ingebrigtsen, T ^a   Romner, Bertil ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Guidelines; Head injury; Management; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032731251     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb01053.x     Document Type: Article

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