Adding insult to injury: The prognostic value of early secondary insults for survival after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-31

  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

Adults; Prognosis; Secondary insults; Survival; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033040283     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.1.26     Document Type: Article

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