Standards for head injury management in acute hospitals: Evidence from the six million population of the Eastern region

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Seeley, H M ^a   Maimaris, C ^a   Hutchinson, P J ^a   Carroll, G ^c   White, B ^d   Kirker, S ^a   Tasker, R C ^b   Steward, C ^c   Haynes, K ^a   Hardy, D ^a   Pickard, J D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*

^c Eastern Specialised Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 33645057965     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.024737     Document Type: Article

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