A population-based comparison of clinical and outcome characteristics of young children with serious inflicted and noninflicted traumatic brain injury

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 633-639

  Keenan, Heather T ^a,b   Runyan, Desmond K ^a,b   Marshall, Stephen W ^a,b,c   Nocera, Mary Alice ^b   Merten, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Shaken baby syndrome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 16544385274     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-1020-L     Document Type: Article

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