Reliability of clinical guidelines in the detection of patients at risk following mild head injury: Results of a prospective study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 825-834

  Ibañez, Javier ^a   Arikan, Fuat ^a   Pedraza, Salvador ^a   Sánchez, Esther ^a   Poca, Maria A ^a   Rodriguez, David ^a   Rubio, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Logistic model; Mild head injury; Risk factor; X ray film

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHUNTING; SKULL FRACTURE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

EID: 2042498845     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.5.0825     Document Type: Article

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