Rehabilitation outcomes in elderly patients with traumatic brain injury in Singapore

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-163

  Yap, Samantha G M ^a   Chua, Karen S G ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Head injury; Neurorehabilitation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; SINGAPORE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 44649092844     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HTR.0000319932.15085.fe     Document Type: Article

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