Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minimal, mild, and moderate head injuries;Skandinaviske retningslinjer for håndtering av minimale, lette og moderate hodeskader

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1985-1990

  Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a   Rise, Ingunn R ^b   Wester, Knut ^c   Romner, Bertil ^d   Kock Jensen, Carsten ^e  

^a Nevrokirurgisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Neurokirurgiska Kliniken   (Norway)

^e Neurokirurgisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MONITORING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034733151     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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