Predictors of intracranial injuries in children after blunt head trauma

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Da Dalt, Liviana ^a   Marchi, Alberto G ^b   Laudizi, Lorenzo ^c   Crichiutti, Giovanni ^d   Messi, Gianni ^b   Pavanello, Lucia ^a   Valent, Francesca ^d   Barbone, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Clinical assessment; Closed head trauma; Intracranial injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 32044458842     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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