Factors predicting mortality in victims of blunt trauma brain injury in emergency department settings

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 670-673

  Hsiao, K Y ^a,b   Hsiao, C T ^a,b   Weng, H H ^a,b,c   Chen, K H ^a,b   Lin, L J ^a,b   Huang, Y M ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VICTIM; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349144503     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.053405     Document Type: Article

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