The use of head CT scan in adult trauma victims: an algorithm;Le scanner cérébral chez les adultes victimes de traumatismes crâniens mineurs : un arbre décisionnel

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Bamvita, J M ^a   Lavoie, A ^a,b   Clas, D ^a   Demers, J ^a   Trottier, E ^a   Bergeron, E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mild traumatic brain injury; Prognosis; Recursive partitioning; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33746761778     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: 17683157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anchir.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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