Scandinavian guidelines for management of head injuries. Evidence-based management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries;Skandinaviska riktlinjer for omhändertagande av skallskador: Evidensbaserad handläggning av minimala, lätta och medelsvåra skallskador

Lakartidningen

Volumn 97, Issue 26-27, 2000, Pages 3186-3192

  Romner, Bertil ^a   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^b   Kock Jensen, Garsten ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Regionsykehuset i Tromso ^*  (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034725325     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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