title: Acute head injury. Management charts.
abstract: Some guidelines for standardization of management charts for head injured patients are exemplified. The acute head injury record--"admission chart"--needs special attention to facilitate continuous management of each patient. The "observation chart" shows traditionally more similarity in the different clinics. The diagnostic terminology and diagnostic classification during management and at discharge of the patients need modernization in relation to ICD and to severity--which is discussed elsewhere in this supplement.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindgren
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed