Prognostic factors in severe head injury;Factores pronósticos en el traumatismo craneoencefálico grave

Neurocirugia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-247

  Boto, Gregorio Rodriguez ^a,b   Gomez P A ^a   De La Cruz, J ^a   Lobato, R D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Prognostic factors; Prognostic indicators; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMA; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 3042832833     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1473(04)70478-9     Document Type: Review

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