Impact of a multidisciplinary trauma team on the outcome of acute subdural haematoma

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1419-1422

  Leung, Gilberto Ka Kit ^a   Ng, Gloria Kwok Bo ^a   Ho, Wendy ^a   Hung, Kwan Ngai ^a   Yuen, Wai Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute subdural haematoma; Hong Kong; Outcome; Trauma system; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL TRAUMA TEAM; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGEON; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864290714     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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