Scheduled Repeat CT Scanning for Traumatic Brain Injury Remains Important in Assessing Head Injury Progression

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 824-830

  Thomas, Bradley W ^a   Mejia, Vicente A ^a   Maxwell, Robert A ^a   Dart, Benjamin W ^a   Smith, Philip W ^a   Gallagher, Michael R ^a   Claar, Sean C ^a   Greer, Stephen H ^a   Barker, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952312823     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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