Evidence-based assessment of well-established interventions: The parachute and the epidural hematoma

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 552-559

  Nelson, Kyle S ^a   Brearley, Ann M ^b   Haines, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural hematoma; Evidence based medicine; Number needed to treat; Parachute; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AERONAUTICAL SPORT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HUMAN; JUMPING; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PARACHUTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; PROCEDURES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84926085702     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000504     Document Type: Article

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