Childhood falls: Characteristics, outcome, and comparison of the injury severity score and new injury severity score

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 540-545

  Bulut, M ^a   Koksal, O ^a   Korkmaz, A ^a   Turan, M ^a   Ozguc, H ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEIGHT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 33748038335     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.029439     Document Type: Article

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