Pediatric polytrauma management

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Kay, Robert M ^a   Skaggs, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MS # 69 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Orthopaedics; Pediatric; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAT EMBOLISM; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SKILL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATOR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BONE PLATES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

EID: 33645941778     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000194695.75903.99     Document Type: Article

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