The acute care surgery model: Managing traumatic brain injury without an inpatient neurosurgical consultation

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-105

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Aziz, Hassan ^a   Sadoun, Moutamn ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Wynne, Julie ^a   Gries, Lynn ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery model; Intracranial hemorrhage; Mild traumatic brain injury; Neurosurgical consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROSURGERY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84880303900     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182946667     Document Type: Article

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