Management of minor head injuries in hospitals in Norway. Could the quality of care be improved?;Håndtering av lette hodeskader ved norske sykehus - Kan kvaliteten bedres?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1874-1876

  Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a   Mortensen, Kim ^a   Romner, Bertil ^a  

^a Nevrokirurgisk Avdeling   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8444229802     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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