A Crisis in the Delivery of Care to Patients With Brain Injuries in South Texas
| Autor: | Ronald M. Stewart, Joel E. Michalek, Stephen M. Cohn, Michelle A. Price, Daniel L. Dent, Basil A. Pruitt, Marilyn J. McFarland |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Intracranial Pressure Attitude of Health Personnel education Population Neurosurgery Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Head trauma Trauma Centers Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Monitoring Physiologic Intracranial pressure education.field_of_study business.industry Data Collection Head injury Refusal to Treat Middle Aged Trauma care medicine.disease Texas Traumatology Brain Injuries Emergency medicine Workforce Surgery business Delivery of Health Care Craniotomy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care. 62:951-963 |
| ISSN: | 0022-5282 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.ta.0000260131.79063.50 |
| Popis: | Background: To determine the opinions of neurosurgeons regarding the care of the injured and to assess the impact of these attitudes on the care of the patients with brain injuries. Methods: A survey was sent to the 2,465 active members of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons. A manpower assessment of neurosurgical coverage of South Texas was also performed. Results: In total, 872 surveys were returned (35%). Seventy-one percent of the respondents were over the age of 44. Eighty-seven percent of neurosurgeons stated that they currently provide trauma care: 74% at Level I or II trauma centers. The majority of neurosurgeons treated |
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