The CRASH trial - The first large-scale randomised controlled trial in head injury

Date
2001
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
The CRASH Trial (Corticosteroid Randomisation after Significant Head injury) is a large-scale randomised controlled trial, among adults with head injury and impaired consciousness, of the effects of a short-term infusion of corticosteroids on death and on neurological disability.
Description
CITATION: Hartzenberg, B. & Naidoo, N. 2001. The CRASH trial - The first large-scale randomised controlled trial in head injury. South African Medical Journal, 91(11):907.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Head -- Wounds and injuries
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