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Published in: Critical Care 1/2004

01-02-2004 | Poster presentation

Severe brain injury epidemiology in Western Macedonia: experience of a general hospital as the basis for planning brain injury management

Authors: E Apostolidou, K Eleutheriadou, A Tsamitrou, V Sakellariou, P Miggos, T Sidiropoulos, D Tsaphis

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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Studies on patients with severe brain injury (SBI) are few and are based on data from specialized centers. In Western Macedonia the main reason for transferring trauma patients is SBI, to a neurosurgeon with a travel time as long as 3 hours. Five general hospitals serve the health service needs of a population of 301,522 inhabitants. Bodosakeio General Hospital covers a real population of 100,000 and is the only one in the region backed by an intensive care unit and 24-hour facilities for computerised tomography scanning. …
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Title
Severe brain injury epidemiology in Western Macedonia: experience of a general hospital as the basis for planning brain injury management
Authors
E Apostolidou
K Eleutheriadou
A Tsamitrou
V Sakellariou
P Miggos
T Sidiropoulos
D Tsaphis
Publication date
01-02-2004
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2775

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