Descriptive analysis of 258 emergency department visits by spina bifida patients1 1 Abstract published: "Evaluation of and predictors of admission among 259 spina bifida patient visits to an emergency department" in Annals of Emergency Medicine 2001;38(4):S74-5.

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Caterino, Jeffrey M ^a   Scheatzle, Mark D ^b   D'Antonio, Joyce A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

meningomyelocele; neural tube defects; spina bifida cystica; spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SPINA BIFIDA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 33745221180     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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