The high morbidity of blunt cerebrovascular injury in an unscreened population: More evidence of the need for mandatory screening protocols

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 314-321

  Berne, John D ^a,c   Norwood, Scott H ^a,b   McAuley, Clyde E ^a   Vallina, Van L ^a   Creath, Robert G ^a   McLarty, Jerry ^a  

^a EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035089233     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)00772-4     Document Type: Article

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