Mild head injuries; Impact of a national strategy for implementation of management guidelines

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1029-1034

  Müller, Kay ^a   Waterloo, Knut ^a   Romner, Bertil ^c   Wester, Knut ^b   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Guideline compliance; Guidelines; Head injury; Implementation; Management

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORWAY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0347361310     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000100371.49160.2A     Document Type: Article

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