Cumulative incidence and predictors of neurosurgical interventions following nonsevere traumatic brain injury with mildly abnormal head imaging findings

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1247-1253

  Wu, Chris ^a   Orringer, Daniel A ^a   Lau, Darryl ^a   Fletcher, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury; Moderate traumatic brain injury; Neurosurgical intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84869880975     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265d24e     Document Type: Article

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