Severe traumatic brain injury in Switzerland - Feasibility and first results of a cohort study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Von Elm, Erik ^a,f   Osterwalder, Joseph J ^b,h   Graber, Claire ^a   Schoettker, Patrick ^c   Stocker, Reto ^d   Zangger, Peter ^e   Vuadens, Phillipe ^e   Egger, Matthias ^a   Walder, Bernhard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c University Hospitals of Vaud   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SUVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Cohort study; Functional outcome; Health related quality of life; Morbidity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 46049095671     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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