Severe traumatic brain injury in Austria II: Epidemiology of hospital admissions

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Rosso, Annalisa ^a   Brazinova, Alexandra ^a   Janciak, Ivan ^a   Wilbacher, Ingrid ^a   Rusnak, Martin ^a   Mauritz, Walter ^b,c  

^a INRO International Neurotrauma Research Organisation   (Austria)

^b Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Bohler   (Austria)

^c INRO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Brain injury; Epidemiology; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BICYCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDESTRIAN; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34250898523     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0761-4     Document Type: Article

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