Skull fracture, with or without clinical signs, in mTBI is an independent risk marker for neurosurgically relevant intracranial lesion: A cohort study

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Munoz Sanchez M A ^a   Murillo Cabezas, F ^a   Cayuela Dominguez A ^a   Rincon Ferrari M D ^a   Amaya Villar, R ^a   Leon Carrion J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; Injury Severity Score; Intracranial haemorrhagic injury; Mild traumatic head injury; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249094075     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802590346     Document Type: Article

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