Conservative management of significant epidural haematomas in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Balmer, Bettina ^a   Boltshauser, E ^a   Altermatt, S ^a   Gobet, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Conservative treatment; Epidural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645304006     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1254-x     Document Type: Article

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