Severe head injury in children: Emergency access to neurosurgery in the United Kingdom

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 519-522

  Tasker, R C ^a   Morris, K P ^b   Forsyth, R J ^c   Hawley, C A ^d   Parslow, R C ^e   Appleton, R ^f   Crouchman, M ^f   Marsh, M ^f   May, P ^f   McKinney, P ^f   Middleton, J ^f   Punt, J ^f   Ralph, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYDRIASIS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748043281     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.028779     Document Type: Article

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