Pediatric falls: Is height a predictor of injury and outcome?

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 863-865

  Murray, J A ^a   Chen, D ^a   Velmahos, G C ^a   Alo, K ^a   Belzberg, H ^a   Asensio, J A ^a   Demetriades, D ^a   Berne, T V ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGNOSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORECASTING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033842678     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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