Severe head injury in children: Intensive care unit activity and mortality in England and Wales

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-77

  Tasker, Robert C ^a   Fleming, Thomas J ^b   Young, Amber Er ^c   Morris, Kevin P ^d   Parslow, Roger C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; neurosurgical intensive care; risk adjusted mortality; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 79951697842     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.538770     Document Type: Article

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