Treatment of patients with acute head injury in Vestfold County, Norway, 1987-96;Behandling av pasienter med akutt hodeskade i Vestfold 1987-96

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1960-1963

  Wester, Torjus ^a,c   Fevang, Lars T ^a   Wester, Knut ^b  

^a Ortopedisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034733148     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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