Which factors influence decisions to transfer and treat patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage and which are associated with prognosis? A retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Abid, Kamran A ^a,b   Vail, Andy ^b   Patel, Hiren C ^a,b   King, Andrew T ^a,b   Tyrrell, Pippa J ^a,b   Parry Jones, Adrian R ^a,b  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84892591189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003684     Document Type: Article

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