Future perspectives in the acute management of head injury

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 769-771

  Hutchinson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RISK FACTOR; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038336794     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4215     Document Type: Editorial

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