Neurosurgical emergency transfers to academic centers in Cook County: A prospective multicenter study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 709-715

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Bagan, Bradley T ^a   Slavin, Konstantin V ^b   Curry, Daniel ^c   Koski, Tyler R ^d   Origitano, Thomas C ^e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cook County; Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act; Emergency room coverage; Neurosurgical transfers

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PARENCHYMA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULITIS; VASOSPASM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42449124202     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317320.79106.7e     Document Type: Article

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