Nonaccidental head trauma as a cause of childhood death

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 245-250

  Graupman, Patrick ^a   Winston, Ken R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child abuse; Clinical feature; Infanticide; Nonaccidental trauma; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THERAPY DELAY; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33646087893     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.104.4.245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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