Redefining the golden hour for severe head injury in an urban setting: The effect of prehospital arrival times on patient outcomes

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 606-610

  Dinh, Michael M ^a   Bein, Kendall ^a   Roncal, Susan ^a   Byrne, Christopher M ^a   Petchell, Jeffrey ^a   Brennan, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head injury; Patient outcome; Prehospital; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TIME; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; AUSTRALIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876054855     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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