Treatment of extradural haemorrhage in Queensland: Interhospital transfer, preoperative delay and clinical outcome

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Deverill, Jo ^a,c   Aitken, Leanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Intracranial epidural haematoma; Patient transfer; Trephining

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547118823     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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