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Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
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  • A Kehoe Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J E Smith Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Centre for Clinical Trials and Population Studies, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research & Academia), Medical Directorate, Birmingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • O Bouamra Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A Edwards Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • D Yates Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F Lecky Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN), University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK EMRiS Group, Health Services Research Section, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Anthony Kehoe, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK; tony.kehoe{at}nhs.net
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Kehoe A, Smith JE, Bouamra O, et al
Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
Emergency Medicine Journal 2016;33:381-385.

Publication history

  • Received July 27, 2015
  • Revised December 9, 2015
  • Accepted December 29, 2015
  • First published January 29, 2016.
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November 07, 2016

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