Incidence of neurologic death among patients with brain injury: A cohort study in a Canadian health region

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Kramer, Andreas H ^a   Zygun, David A ^a   Doig, Christopher J ^a,b   Zuege, Danny J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DEATH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84890307373     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130271     Document Type: Article

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