Placement of intracranial pressure monitors by non-neurosurgeons

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 787-790

  Harris, Caleb H ^a   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b   Helmer, Stephen D ^a,b   Gorecki, John P ^b   Rody, R Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Via Christi Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036731619     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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