Prehospital management of traumatic brain injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Stiver, Shirley I ^a   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypotension; Hypoxia; Intracranial hypertension; Outcome assessment; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56649117213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.10.E5     Document Type: Review

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