Utility of neurosurgical consultation for mild traumatic brain injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1162-1165

  Huynh, Toan ^a   Jacobs, David G ^a   Dix, Stephanie ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   Miles, William S ^a   Thomason, Michael H ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTORCYCLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOLOGIST; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33846901654     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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