A prospective study of the time to evacuate acute subdural and extradural haematomas

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Bulters, D ^a   Belli, A ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61749090354     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05779.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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