Is the recommended target of 4 hours from head injury to emergency craniotomy achievable?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-305

  Sergides, I G ^a   Whiting, G ^a   Howarth, S ^a   Hutchinson, P J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Head injury; Transfer time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT TRANSFER; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845272125     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600999976     Document Type: Article

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