Time to definitive care for patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury - Does a trauma system matter?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1302, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Kejriwal, Ritwik ^a   Civil, Ian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449478852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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