Factors influencing pediatric Injury Severity Score and Glasgow Coma Scale in pediatric automobile crashes: results from the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1854-1858

  Ehrlich, Peter F ^a   Brown, J Kristine ^a   Sochor, Mark R ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Eichelberger, Martin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; Injury Severity Score; Motor vehicle crashes; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750740128     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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