Reducing time-to-treatment decreases mortality of trauma patients with acute subdural hematoma

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1178-1183

  Tien, Homer C N ^a,d,e   Jung, Vincent ^a   Pinto, Ruxandra ^b   Mainprize, Todd ^c   Scales, Damon C ^b   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a,b  

^a Tory Regional Trauma Centre   (Canada)

^b Department of Critical Care Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL; TRUNK; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 79957484151     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318217e339     Document Type: Article

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