Trends in survival and early functional outcomes from hospitalized severe adult traumatic brain injuries, Pennsylvania, 1998 to 2007

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-169

  Sánchez, Álvaro I ^a,c   Krafty, Robert T ^b   Weiss, Harold B ^d   Rubiano, Andrés M ^e   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Puyana, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e South Colombian University   (Colombia)

Author keywords

disability; functional limitation; hospitalizations; injury; outcomes; trauma system; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ADULT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84858160886     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182074c41     Document Type: Article

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