Clinical characterization of comatose patients with cervical spine injury and traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1305-1310

  Tian, Heng Li ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Hu, Jin ^a   Rong, Bo Ying ^a   Wang, Gan ^a   Gao, Wen Wei ^a   Chen, Shi Wen ^a   Chen, Hao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Cervical stability; Skull fracture; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 73949127196     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819db57c     Document Type: Article

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