Assessing the influence of non-treatment variables in a study of outcome from severe head injuries
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 61 (2), 254-262
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1984.61.2.0254
Abstract
✓ An evaluation was made of the impact of non-treatment variables on severely injured head trauma patients. The principal findings were: 1) severity of injury was the best predictor of outcome; 2) patient's age had a statistically significant but marginally useful impact on outcome; 3) a regression analysis showed that duration of transport, up to 4 hours, had no impact on outcome; 4) time from accident to intubation had a marginal impact on outcome; and 5) one-way analysis of variance showed that mode of transportation, whether helicopter, ambulance, or other means had no impact on outcome.Keywords
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