Suboptimal compliance with evidence-based guidelines in patients with traumatic brain injuries: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 773-777

  Shafi, Shahid ^a   Barnes, Sunni A ^a   Millar, D ^g   Sobrino, Justin ^a   Kudyakov, Rustam ^a   Berryman, Candice ^a   Rayan, Nadine ^a   Dubiel, Rosemary ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^b   Magnotti, Louis J ^c   Vercruysse, Gary ^d   Scherer, Lynette A ^e   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^f   Nirula, Raminder ^g  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Evidence based management; Quality chasm; Quality of care; Traumatic brain injury; Variations in care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895495639     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.12.JNS132151     Document Type: Article

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