Emergency department observation of mild traumatic brain injury with minor radiographic findings: shorter stays, less expensive, and no increased risk compared to hospital admission

OBJECTIVE: The management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with minor radiographic findings traditionally involves hospital admission for monitoring, although this practice is expensive with unclear benefit. We implemented a protocol to manage these patients in our emergency department observat...

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Autores principales: Root, Brandon K., Kanter, John H., Calnan, Dan C., Reyes‐Zaragosa, Miguel, Gill, Harman S., Lanter, Patricia L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33000079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12124

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