Transfer of head-injured patients in Jamaica: Is there a problem?

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 220-224

  Crandon, Ivor W ^a   Harding, H ^a   McDonald, A H ^a   Bruce, C A R ^a   Fearon Boothe, D ^a   Rhoden, A ^a   Meeks Aitken, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; JAMAICA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PULSE RATE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 28344442971     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000400002     Document Type: Article

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