Low rate of delayed deterioration requiring surgical treatment in patients transferred to a tertiary care center for mild traumatic brain injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Carlson, Andrew P ^a   Ramirez, Pedro ^a   Kennedy, George ^a   McLean, A Robb ^a   Murray Krezan, Cristina ^b   Stippler, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; Cortical contusion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Skull fracture; Subdural hematoma; Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649265645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.FOCUS10182     Document Type: Article

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