The association between anemia and the mortality of severe traumatic brain injury in emergency department

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages E132-E135

  Yang, Chia Jung ^a,b   Hsiao, Kuang Yu ^a,b   Su, I Chun ^a,b   Chen, I Chuan ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Emergency department; Transfusion; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 84355162327     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820ea36b     Document Type: Article

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