Multidisciplinary approaches to management of acute head injury.
The formation of a multidisciplinary head injury team at St. Michael's Hospital has served to improve the quality of care for acutely head-injured patients. The multidisciplinary team follows the patient from the neurosurgical intensive care unit to the early rehabilitation phase. Treatment for the patient and family focuses on physical, cognitive and psychosocial areas. Cooperation of the various medical and paramedical professionals facilitates earlier and more comprehensive treatment for patients and their families, while enhancing research.
Hall
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Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Brandys
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Yetman
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D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009864:Ontario; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010351:Patient Discharge; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities