Results of surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in northern Norway: A retrospective study with special focus on timing of surgery in a rural area

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 355-360

  Egge, Arild ^a   Romner, B ^a   Waterloo, K ^a   Isaksen, J ^a   Kloster, R ^a   Ingebrigtsen, T ^a   Trumpy, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Hunt and Hess Scale; Patient transfer; Rural area; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036913647     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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