Children or young adults? A population-based study on adolescent head injury

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Mitra, Biswadev ^a,b   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   Butt, Warwick ^a,c,d   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Head injury; Neurosurgery; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 33744779418     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03723.x     Document Type: Article

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