Blunt versus penetrating violent traumatic brain injury: Frequency and factors associated with secondary conditions and complications

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 489-496

  Black, Kertia L ^a   Hanks, Robin A ^a   Wood, Deborah L ^a   Zafonte, Ross D ^b   Cullen, Nora ^c   Cifu, David X ^d   Englander, Jeffrey ^e   Francisco, Gerard E ^f  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Institute for Rehabilitation and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt injury; Complications; Conditions; Penetrating injury; Traumatic brain injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VIOLENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036891579     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200212000-00001     Document Type: Article

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