The significance of skull fracture in mild head trauma differs between children and adults

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Muñoz Sánchez, M Ángeles ^a   Murillo Cabezas, F ^a   Cayuela, A ^a   Flores Cordero, J M ^a   Rincon Ferrari M D ^a   Amaya Villar, R ^a   Fornelino, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury score; Adult mild head injury; Glasgow Coma Scale; Pediatric mild head injury; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13844275455     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1036-x     Document Type: Article

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