A population-based study of survival and discharge status for survivors after head injury

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 281-290

  Engberg, Aase W ^a   Teasdale, T W ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head injury; Rehabilitation planning; Sequelae; Survival; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SKULL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 7044220926     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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