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Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and outcomes of head injured patients in an Ethiopian emergency centre

INTRODUCTION: Head injury is a leading cause of mortality in Africa. We characterise the epidemiology and outcomes of head injury at an Ethiopian emergency centre. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of all head injured patients presenting to the Emergency Centre of Tikur Anbessa Specia...

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Autores principales:	Landes, Megan, Venugopal, Raghu, Berman, Sara, Heffernan, Spencer, Maskalyk, James, Azazh, Aklilu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2017
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234141/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2017.04.001

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