Does routine serial computed tomography of the head influence management of traumatic brain injury? A prospective evaluation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 939-943

  Brown, Carlos V R ^a,b   Weng, Janie ^a   Oh, Daniel ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Kasotakis, Georgios ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Computed tomography; Head injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 9644268786     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000149492.92558.03     Document Type: Article

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