Toward more rational prediction of outcome in patients with high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-36

  Chiang, Veronica L S ^a   Claus, Elizabeth B ^a   Awad, Issam A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coma; High grade; Outcome; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NIMODIPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033986348     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neurosurgery/46.1.28     Document Type: Article

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