Identification of low-risk patients with traumatic brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage who do not need intensive care unit admission

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages E101-E107

  Nishijima, Daniel K ^a   Sena, Matthew J ^a   Holmes, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Craniocerebral trauma; Intensive care; Intracranial hemorrhage; Traumatic; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THERAPY DELAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 79958837430     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e88bcb     Document Type: Article

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