Is direct transport to a trauma centre best for patients with severe traumatic brain injury? A study in south-central Taiwan

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Hsiao, Kuang Yu ^a,b,c   Chen, I Chuan ^a,b,c   Yang, Chia Jung ^a   Hsiao, Cheng Ting ^a,b   Chen, Kai Hua ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862909002     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.097295     Document Type: Article

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