Guidelines for head injury: Their use and limitations

Neurological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-23

  Maas, A I R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Head injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; STEROID;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META-ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0036138281     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164102101199495     Document Type: Review

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