Outpatient follow-up of nonoperative cerebral contusion and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: Does repeat head CT alter clinical decision-making?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 944-949

  Rubino, Sebastian ^a   Zaman, Rifat A ^a   Sturge, Caleb R ^a   Fried, Jessica G ^a   Desai, Atman ^a   Simmons, Nathan E ^a   Lollis, S Scott ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral contusion; Computed tomography; Subdural hematoma; Traumatic brain injury; Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC;

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907863249     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.6.JNS132204     Document Type: Article

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