Variability of ICU use in adult patients with minor traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Nishijima, Daniel K ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^b   Newgard, Craig D ^c   Staudenmayer, Kristan ^d   White, Nathan ^e   Slattery, David ^f   Maxim, Preston C ^g   Gee, Christopher A ^h   Hsia, Renee Y ^g   Melnikow, Joy A ^a   Holmes, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84876732877     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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