Management of traumatic head injuries in a rural Irish hospital: Implications of the NICE guidelines

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-560

  Kelly, J C ^a,b   O'Callaghan, A ^a,b   Mc Mullin, L ^a,b   Clinton, O ^a,b   Binchy, J ^a,b  

^a Roscommon County Hospital   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CT; Guidelines; Head; Hospital; Injury; NICE; Radiology; Scan; Skull; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349306742     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0499-x     Document Type: Article

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