Are we able to comply with the NICE head injury guidelines?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 861-862

  Qureshi, A A ^a   Mulleady, V ^a   Patel, A ^a   Porter, Keith M ^a,b  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 28844434111     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.018481     Document Type: Review

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