Neuro-Link, an Italian traumatic coma data bank: What did we learn from the first 1000 patients and how can we do better?;Neuro-Link, una traumatic coma data bank Italiana: Cosa ci hanno insegnato i primi 1000 pazienti e come possiamo migliorare?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-226

  Beretta, I ^a   Grandi, E ^a   Citerio, G ^b   Cormio, M ^b   Stocchetti, N ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain injuries; Craniocerebral trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FACTUAL DATABASE; ITALY;

COMA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ITALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141613149     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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