Systematic review of multivariable prognostic models for mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 517-526

  Silverberg, Noah D ^a   Gardner, Andrew J ^b   Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^a   Panenka, William J ^a   Li, Jun Jian ^c   Iverson, Grant L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion; prognosis; systematic review; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMNESIA; ANXIETY; CALIBRATION; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCINFO; PUPIL REFLEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WEB OF SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURIES; META ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84926677092     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3600     Document Type: Review

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