Analysis of head injury admission trends in an urban American pediatric trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1292-1297

  Ponsky, Todd A ^a   Eichelberger, Martin R ^a,d   Cardozo, Eden ^a,c   Huang, Zhihuan J ^b   Pratsch, Geraldine L ^b   Thuma Croom, Sara E ^b   Newman, Kurt D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Pediatrics; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33646193485     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000197439.19171.25     Document Type: Article

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