Pre-ambulatory infants with head trauma: A three-year retrospective study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Settle, Frances ^a,b   Lawrence, D ^a   Kummerow, M ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment process; Child abuse; Head injury, closed; Infant; Process; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 16444378317     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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