Admission of patients with severe and moderate traumatic brain injury to specialized ICU facilities: A search for triage criteria

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 799-806

  Hukkelhoven, Chantal W P M ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Maas, Andrew I R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Intensive care; Intracranial hypertension; Patient admission; Prognosis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TRIAGE;

EID: 21244467056     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2628-y     Document Type: Article

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