Necessity of hospital admission for pediatric minor head injury

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Spencer, Matthew T ^a,b   Baron, Bonny J ^b   Sinert, Richard ^b   Mahmoud, Guisou ^b   Punzalan, Christopher ^b   Tintinalli, Anne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Minor head injury; Observation; Pediatric injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0037352875     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2003.50031     Document Type: Article

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