Complicated head trauma from machete wounds: The experience from a tertiary referral hospital in Jamaica

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-297

  Crandon, I W ^a   Harding, H E ^a   Cawich, S O ^a   Webster, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

brain herniation; CSF leak; machete; penetrating trauma; skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; JAMAICA; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TETANUS; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHENYTOIN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKULL FRACTURES; TETANUS; WEAPONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859230072     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2011.569890     Document Type: Article

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