Civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds: An update in predicting outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1009-1014

  Murano, Tiffany ^a,b   Mohr, Alicia M ^a   Lavery, Robert F ^a   Lynch, Catherine ^a   Homnick, Adena T ^a   Livingston, David H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEW JERSEY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33644850370     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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