Documentation in medical records improves after a neurointensivist's appointment

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-236

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a,b   Spanaki, Marianna V ^a   Hacein Bey, Lotfi ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Head trauma; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Neurointensivist; Neurological intensive care unit; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 29344443322     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:3:3:234     Document Type: Article

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