Correlation between the Glasgow Coma Scale and computed tomography imaging findings in patients with traumatic brain injury;Correlação entre a escala de coma de Glasgow e os achados de imagem de tomografia computadorizada em pacientes vítimas de traumatismo cranioencefálico

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Morgado, Fabiana Lenharo ^a   Rossi, Luiz Antônio ^b  

^a Radiology and Imaging Diagnosis at Conjunto Hospitalar de Sorocaba   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Glasgow Coma Scale; Head injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952998004     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-39842011000100010     Document Type: Article

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