Predicting survival using simple clinical variables: A case study in traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-25

  Signorini, David F ^a,b   Andrews, Peter J D ^a   Jones, Patricia A ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Miller, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Prognosis; Survival; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032989451     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.1.20     Document Type: Article

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