Determinants of mortality in patients with severe blunt head injury.

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Published in Arch Surg on March 01, 2002

Authors

Martin A Schreiber1, Noriaki Aoki, Bradford G Scott, J Robert Beck

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. schreibm@ohsu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Study of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation and Intracranial Pressure in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury | NCT02507973

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