Reliability of diagnosis of traumatic brain injury by computed tomography in the acute phase

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2169-2178

  Laalo, Jussi P ^a   Kurki, Timo J ^b   Sonninen, Pirkko H ^a,b   Tenovuo, Olli S ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Pulssi Medical Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Head trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MEDICINE; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75449103599     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1011     Document Type: Article

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