Are routine repeat imaging and intensive care unit admission necessary in mild traumatic brain injury? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Washington, Chad W ^a   Grubb, Robert L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head computed tomography; Intensive care unit admission; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84857820661     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.JNS111092     Document Type: Article

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