Identifying patients at risk for intracranial and extracranial blunt carotid injuries

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 566-570

  McKevitt, Elaine C ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a,b   Vertesi, Leslie ^a,b   Granger, Robert ^a,b   Simons, Richard K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Carotid artery injury; Neck injuries; Screening; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MODEL; FACIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036277581     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00845-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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