Patients beyond salvation?. Various categories of trauma patients with a minimal Glasgow Coma Score

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Nijboer, Johanna M M ^a   van der Naalt, Joukje ^a   ten Duis, Hendrik Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Glasgow Coma Scale; Haemorrhagic shock; Outcome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649105293     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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