Challenges in the acute identification of mild traumatic brain injuries: results from an emergency department surveillance study
ObjectivesTo establish the proportion of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) diagnosis among people presenting to an emergency department (ED), to determine the accuracy of recorded ED diagnoses. We also aimed to describe challenges in mTBI case identification and its acute hospital management.Design...
Main Authors: | Ilaria Pozzato, Mark Gillett, Kim Van Vu, Susanne Meares, Anthony Liang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-02-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e034494.full |
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