Critical evaluation of the existing guidelines on mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 43, 2004, Pages 106-112

  Peloso, Paul M ^a,f   Carroll, Linda J ^b   Cassidy, J David ^b,c   Borg, Jörgen ^d   von Holst, Hans ^c   Holm, Lena ^c   Yates, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1442326756     PISSN: 16501969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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