The effect of specialist neurosciences care on outcome in adult severe head injury: A cohort study

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Fuller, Gordon ^a   Bouamra, Omar ^a   Woodford, Maralyn ^a   Jenks, Tom ^a   Patel, Hirin ^b   Coats, Timothy J ^c   Oakley, Peter ^d   Mendelow, A David ^e   Pigott, Tim ^f   Hutchinson, Peter J ^g   Lecky, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort studies; craniocerebral trauma; critical care; neurosurgery; patient transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEUROSCIENCE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE HEAD INJURY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSCIENCES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959199966     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3182161816     Document Type: Article

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