Survey of the management of children with minor head injuries in Sweden

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Astrand, R ^a   Unden, J ^a   Bellner, J ^a   Romner, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Guidelines; Management; Paediatric head injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33644921491     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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