Cross-sectional study of craniocerebral trauma in a tertiary hospital after 2008 sichuan earthquake: A brief report of 242 cases and experiences from west china hospital

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages E108-E112

  Li, Qiang ^a   Yang, Chao Hua ^a   Xu, Jian Guo ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   You, Chao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Earthquake; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARTHQUAKE; EMPHYSEMA; EMPYEMA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACERATION; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTTRAUMATIC SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHYDRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SEIZURE; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHINA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79958858093     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fb4976     Document Type: Article

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