Blunt renal trauma in children; experience with conservative management at a pediatric trauma center

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 928-932

  Margenthaler, Julie A ^a   Weber, Thomas R ^a   Keller, Martin S ^a  

^a SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Renal injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036097183     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200205000-00018     Document Type: Article

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