Initial neurologic presentation in young children sustaining inflicted and unintentional fatal head injuries

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a,c   Margulies, Susan S ^b   Christian, Cindy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Accidents; Falls; Head injuries; Lucid interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; HOMICIDE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 32044453189     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2671     Document Type: Article

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