Guidelines for the Treatment of Head Injury in Adults

Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 478-487

  Firsching, R ^a   Rickels, E ^b   Mauer, U M ^c   Sakowitz, O W ^d   Messing Junger M ^e   Engelhard, K ^f   Schwenkreis, P ^g   Linn, J ^h   Schwerdtfeger, K ⁱ  

^a Universitaetsklinikum   (Germany)

^b Neurochirurg   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

ⁱ SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adults; guidelines; head injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FIRST AID; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GERMANY; HUMANS;

EID: 85019168076     PISSN: 21936315     EISSN: 21936323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1599239     Document Type: Review

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