Neurotrauma outside the high-income setting: A review of audit and data-collection strategies

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 568-575

  Sitsapesan, Holly A ^a   Lawrence, Timothy P ^b   Sweasey, Clare ^b   Wester, Knut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Head injuries

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CASE MANAGEMENT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84876396976     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.09.018     Document Type: Review

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