Race/ethnicity and outcome after traumatic brain injury at a single, diverse center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Sorani, Marco D ^a   Lee, Michaela ^a   Kim, Helen ^a   Meeker, Michele ^a   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Mortality; Race; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350464730     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818234e8     Document Type: Article

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