Distribution and characteristics of severe traumatic brain injury at mulago national referral hospital in Uganda

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 269-277

  Tran, Tu M ^a   Fuller, Anthony T ^a,b   Kiryabwire, Joel ^c   Mukasa, John ^c   Muhumuza, Michael ^c   Ssenyojo, Hussein ^c   Haglund, Michael M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Closed head injury; Epidemiology; Head injury; Incidence; Traumatic brain injuries

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUPIL REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UGANDA; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926165728     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.028     Document Type: Article

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