The effect of age on blunt traumatic brain-injured patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 966-968

  Bhullar, Indermeet S ^a   Roberts, Eric E ^b   Brown, Lianne ^c   Lipe, Heidi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957349486     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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