TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Neuro-Link, a computer-assisted database for head injury in intensive care
JO  - Acta neurochirurgica
A1  - Citerio, G.
A1  - Stocchetti, N.
A1  - Cormio, M.
A1  - Beretta, L.
SP  - 769
EP  - 776
VL  - 142
IS  - 7
N2  - Reliable information is vital for clinical trials, so we developed a database, for head trauma victims admitted to neuro-intensive care units (NICU). This database, first step in a sequential project, comprises 176 selected fields mainly focused on the early post-traumatic phase and has a user-friendly computerized interface. The software was tested for a trimester in 18 Italian neuro-intensive care units. The paper describes the main features of the database, the results of a three months' data collection test, its limitations and its potential improvements. A description of the database fields and a brief summary of the 282 patients included so far are also presented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-6268
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -