Factors influencing the outcome of severe head injury at Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 238-241

  Mwang'ombe, N J M ^a   Kiboi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035542425     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i5.9045     Document Type: Article

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