Improving survival rates after civilian gunshot wounds to the brain

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-65

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Aziz, Hassan ^a   Pandit, Viraj ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Wynne, Julie ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; NORADRENALIN; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890803636     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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