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Transfer delays in patients referred for neurosurgical intervention with traumatic brain injury

Authors: L Smith, B Jordan, J Paddle

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2012

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National guidance for patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a traumatic head injury advises that head computed tomography (CT) should be performed and reported within 1 hour [1]. The operative intervention or injury to knife time should be within 4 hours [2]. With more than 50% of patients requiring neurosurgical intervention in the UK taken to hospitals without onsite neurosurgical services [3], secondary transfer is necessary prior to definitive intervention. Are we achieving timely transfers in rural England? …

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Title: Transfer delays in patients referred for neurosurgical intervention with traumatic brain injury
Authors: L Smith
B Jordan
J Paddle
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11082

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