Pediatric Head Trauma: Changes in Use of Computed Tomography in Emergency Departments in the United States Over Time

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-324

  Blackwell, Charles D ^a   Gorelick, Marc ^b   Holmes, James F ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Subhankar ^e   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Kuppermann)

^d Pediatrics

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847223095     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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