The Nottingham head injury register: A survey of 1,276 adult cases of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in a British neurosurgery centre

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Fuller, G ^a   Pattani, H ^b   Yeoman, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Critical care; Database; Epidemiology; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXAMINATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NOTTINGHAM HEAD INJURY REGISTER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954602538     PISSN: 17511437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175114371101200108     Document Type: Article

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