Repeat head computed tomography after minimal brain injury identifies the need for craniotomy in the absence of neurologic change

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 967-975

  Thorson, Chad M ^a   Van Haren, Robert M ^a   Otero, Christian A ^a   Guarch, Gerardo A ^a   Curia, Emiliano ^a   Barrera, Jose M ^a   Busko, Alexander M ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Bullock, M Ross ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Proctor, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; Serial; TBI; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84876189523     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182877fed     Document Type: Article

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