Paediatric lap-belt injury: A 7 year experience

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Shepherd, Michael ^a   Hamill, James ^a   Segedin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Injury; Lap belt injury; Road traffic crash; Seat belt injury; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33645085574     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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