A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from the american college of surgeons committee on trauma/centers for disease control and prevention field triage guidelines

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-328

  Pearson, William S ^a   Ovalle, Fernando ^a,b   Faul, Mark ^a   Sasser, Scott M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria.; Trauma centers; Traumatic brain injury; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861494046     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.682701     Document Type: Review

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