Early prognosis in traumatic brain injury: from prophecies to predictions

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-554

  Lingsma, Hester F ^a   Roozenbeek, Bob ^a,b   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Murray, Gordon D ^c   Maas, Andrew IR ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950598157     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70065-X     Document Type: Review

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