Evaluation of acute mental status change in the nonhead injured trauma patient.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Evaluation of acute mental status change in the nonhead injured trauma patient.

AU - Cheatham, M. L.

AU - Block, E. F. J.

AU - Nelson, L. D.

AU - Block, Ernest F

N1 - Acute mental status change in the first 24 hours after trauma is uncommon in nonhead injured patients who initially present with a normal sensorium. Although arterial hypoxemia is the classic etiology for such a mental status change, three less common etiologies should always be considered: cerebral ...

PY - 1998/9/1

Y1 - 1998/9/1

UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9731823

M3 - Article

SN - 1555-9823

VL - 64

JO - The American Surgeon

JF - The American Surgeon

IS - 9

ER -