Risk factors for splenectomy in children with blunt splenic trauma

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 294-299

  Potoka, Douglas A ^a,b   Schall, Laura C ^a,b   Ford, Henri R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonoperative management; Pediatric trauma; Splenectomy; Splenic trauma; Splenorrhaphy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0036189188     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.30824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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