Letters to the Editor

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 720-721

  Akil, Hazem ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449093629     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318141fe4d     Document Type: Letter

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