Nonsurgical acute traumatic subdural hematoma: What is the risk?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1176-1183

  Bajsarowicz, Paul ^a   Prakash, Ipshita ^a   Lamoureux, Julie ^a   Saluja, Rajeet Singh ^b   Feyz, Mitra ^b   Maleki, Mohammad ^b,c   Marcoux, Judith ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute subdural hematoma; Nonsurgical subdural hematoma; Subdural hematoma; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; COMPLICATION; FORECASTING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; NEUROSURGERY; PROCEDURES; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84958719598     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS141728     Document Type: Article

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