Minor head injury in children: Current management practices of pediatricians, emergency physicians, and family physicians

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1176-1180

  Aitken, Mary E ^a,g   Herrerias, Carla T ^b   Davis, Robert ^a   Bell, Hanan S ^c   Coombs, John B ^a   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^d,e   Homer, Charles J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c Amer Academy of Family Physicians   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Synergy Health Care Inc   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031793079     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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