Pre-hospital determinants of outcome in traumatic brain injury: Experiences from first comprehensive integrated pre-hospital care providers in India: GVK-EMRI Experience

Indian studies have reported that nearly 1.5 to 2 million persons are injured and 1 million succumb to death every year in India due to traumatic brain injury. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause (60%) of TBIs followed by falls (20%-25%) and violence (10%).It is also a known fact that the be...

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Main Authors: Mukul Kumar Saxena, Sahoo Saddichha, Vibha Pandey, Abdur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2010-12-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma
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Online Access:http://www.ijntonline.com/Dec10/abstracts/05.PDF