Clinical efficacyof serial computed tomographic scanning in severe closed head injury patients

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1061-1064

  Figg, Ryan E ^a   Burry, Todd S ^a   Vander Kolk, Wayne E ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Head computed tomographic scan; Intensive care unit; Intracranial pressure monitor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0347361308     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000096712.90133.5C     Document Type: Article

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