Care of severe head injury patients in the Sarawak General Hospital: Intensive care unit versus general ward

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  Sim, S K ^a   Lim, S L ^b   Lee, H K ^b   Liew, D ^b   Wong, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; Intensive care; Neurosurgery; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961006853     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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