Prognostic value of major extracranial injury in traumatic brain injury: An individual patient data meta-analysis in 39 274 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 811-818

  Van Leeuwen, Nikki ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^a   Perel, Pablo ^b   Lecky, Fiona ^c   Roozenbeek, Bob ^a,d   Lu, Juan ^e   Shakur, Haleema ^b   Weir, James ^f   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Maas, Andrew I R ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute care; Extracranial injury; Meta analysis; Prognosis; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR EXTRACRANIAL INJURY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; BRAIN INJURIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84858753377     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318235d640     Document Type: Article

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