Early detection of life-threatening intracranial haemorrhage using a portable near-infrared spectroscopy device

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1065-1068

  Kessel, B ^a   Jeroukhimov, I ^b   Ashkenazi, I ^a   Khashan, T ^a   Oren, M ^a   Haspel, J ^a   Medvedev, M ^a   Nesterenko, V ^b   Halevy, A ^b   Alfici, R ^a  

^a Hillel Yaffe Level 2 Trauma Centre   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidural haematoma; Head trauma; Near infrared spectroscopy; Subdural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 34547927236     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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