Evaluation of the patient with closed head trauma: An evidence based approach

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-23

  Cheung, D S ^a   Kharasch, M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VOMITING;

EID: 0032973994     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70044-4     Document Type: Article

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