Scandinavian guidelines on the pre-hospital management of traumatic brain injury;Skandinaviske kliniske retningslinjer for præhospital behandling af patienter med svære hovedtraumer

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 26-32, 2008, Pages 2337-2341

  Juul, Niels ^a   Sollid, Snorre ^b   Sundstrøm, Terje ^b   Kock Jensen, Carsten ^b   Eskesen, Vagn ^b   Bellander, Bo Michael ^b   Wester, Knut ^b   Romner, Bertil ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCANDINAVIA; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 46249119416     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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