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Brain Injury and Dysfunction: The Critical Role of Primary Management

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    http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG56NICEGuideline.pdf

Further Reading

  • Clayton TJ, Nelson RJ, Manara AR (2004) Reduction in mortality from severe head injury following introduction of a protocol for intensive care management. Br J Anaesth 93(6):761–762

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  • Modernisation Agency/Department of Health (2004) The Neurosciences Critical Care Report. London www.dh.gov.uk/publications

  • NICE (2007) Head Injury: Triage, assessment, investigations and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults. London http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG56NICEGuideline.pdf

  • The Neuro Anaesthesia Society of Great Britain and Ireland and The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (2006) Recommendations for the Safe Transfer of Patients with Brain Injury. London www.nasgbi.org.uk

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  1. Leeds General Infirmary Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, UK

    M. D. Dominic Bell

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  1. The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

    John P. Adams

  2. Dept. Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

    Dominic Bell

  3. Leeds General Infirmary, Gt. George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

    Justin McKinlay

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Bell, M.D.D. (2010). Brain Injury and Dysfunction: The Critical Role of Primary Management. In: Adams, J., Bell, D., McKinlay, J. (eds) Neurocritical Care. Competency-Based Critical Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-070-8_1

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