No impact of early intervention on late outcome after minimal, mild and moderate head injury

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Heskestad, Ben ^a,b   Waterloo, Knut ^c   Baardsen, Roald ^a   Helseth, Eirik ^b   Romner, Bertil ^c,d   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^c,d  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952498283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-18-10     Document Type: Article

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