Head computed tomography scans in trauma patients with seizure disorder: Justifying routine use

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 858-864

  Neidlinger, Nikole A ^a   Pal, Jay D ^a   Victorino, Gregory P ^a   Anderson, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPILEPSY; HEAD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25144435503     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.9.858     Document Type: Article

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