Delayed traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and progressive traumatic brain injury in a major referral centre based in developing country

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 56-57

  Jeng, Toh Charng ^a,b   Haspani, Mohd Saffari Mohd ^c,d   Adnan, Johari Siregar ^e   Naing, Nyi Nyi ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^e HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer tomographic scan; Delayed; Haemorrhage; Intracranial; Progressive brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED TRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 70349577123     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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