Pediatric minor closed head injury

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Thiessen, Mary L ^a   Woolridge, Dale P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

AMNESIA; ATHLETE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCALP; SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 32644453002     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.09.004     Document Type: Review

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