Are head injury guidelines changing the outcome of head injured children? A regional investigation

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 102, 2008, Pages 81-84

  Jones, P A ^a   Chambers, I R ^c   Minns, R A ^a,b   Lo, T Y M ^b   Myles, L M ^b   Steers, A J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Outcome; Paediatric head injury; Secondary brain insult

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CIRCULATION; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66649106171     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-85578-2_16     Document Type: Article

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