Early modifiable factors associated with fatal outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A case control study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1027-1031

  Henzler, Dietrich ^a   Cooper, D James ^b,c   Tremayne, Ann B ^c   Rossaint, Rolf ^a   Higgins, Alisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Fatal outcome; Hypotension; Intracranial pressure; Multiple trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 34247114307     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000259526.45894.08     Document Type: Article

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