Bypassing nearest hospital for more distant neuroscience care in head-injured adults with suspected traumatic brain injury: findings of the head injury transportation straight to neurosurgery (HITS-NS) pilot cluster randomised trial

OBJECTIVE: Reconfiguration of trauma services, with direct transport of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to specialist neuroscience centres (SNCs)—bypassing non-specialist acute hospitals (NSAHs), could improve outcomes. However, delays in stabilisation of airway, breathing and circulation...

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Autores principales: Lecky, Fiona Elizabeth, Russell, Wanda, McClelland, Graham, Pennington, Elspeth, Fuller, Gordon, Goodacre, Steve, Han, Kyee, Curran, Andrew, Holliman, Damian, Chapman, Nathan, Freeman, Jennifer, Byers, Sonia, Mason, Suzanne, Potter, Hugh, Coats, Timothy, Mackway-Jones, Kevin, Peters, Mary, Shewan, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28982816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016355

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