Measuring the outcome from head injuries

Thomas W. Langfitt Division of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Volume 48: Issue 5
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https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1978.48.5.0673
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✓ The author focuses attention on the need to evaluate methods of treatment of head injuries, minimizing as much as possible the variability of criteria that may enter the most careful of reports.

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Address reprint requests to: Thomas W. Langfitt, M.D., Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Room 210, White Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
Keywords:
head injury; coma scale
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6
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    Bruce DA, , Schut L, & Bruno LA, et al: Outcome following severe head injuries in children. J Neurosurg 48:679–688, 1978 Bruce DA, Schut L, Bruno LA, et al: Outcome following severe head injuries in children. J Neurosurg 48:679–688, 1978

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