Challenges in assessment of the mild traumatic brain injured geriatric patient

Injury

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 985-987

  Mercier, Eric ^a,b,c   Mitra, Biswadev ^a,b,d   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

BRAIN INJURY ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 84965056914     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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