Rigid cervical collar and intracranial pressure of patients with severe head injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1185-1188

  Ho, Anthony M H ^a,b   Fung, K Y ^b   Joynt, Gavin M ^a   Karmakar, Manoj K ^a   Peng, Zhiyong ^c  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036898245     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200212000-00028     Document Type: Note

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