Uncertainties page: How effective are some common treatments for traumatic brain injury?

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7672, 2008, Pages 754-756

  Ker, Katharine ^a   Perel, Pablo ^a   Blackhall, Karen ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FUNDING; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 53049101433     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a865     Document Type: Short Survey

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