Clinical predictors for the selective use of chest radiographs in pediatric blunt trauma evaluations

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 670-676

  Gittelman, Michael A ^a   Gonzalez del Rey, Javier ^a   Brody, Alan S ^b   Di Giulio, Gregg A ^a  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Chest radiograph; Evaluation; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ARTICLE; BACK; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; NEWBORN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0142209393     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000057231.10802.CC     Document Type: Article

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