Delayed intracranial complications after concussion

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 577-581

  De Boussard, Catharina Nygren ^a,c   Bellocco, Rino ^a   Af Geijerstam, Jean Luc ^a   Borg, Jörgen ^b   Adami, Johanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; Computerized tomography; Late complications; Mild traumatic brain injury; Nested case control study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SKULL FRACTURES; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748752691     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000224901.67930.ce     Document Type: Article

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