The complexity of seat belt injuries including spinal injury in the pediatric population: A case report of a 6-year-old boy and the literature review

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Papavasiliou, Athanasios ^a   Stanton, Jeremy ^a   Sinha, Prateek ^a   Forder, Justin ^a   Skyrme, Andrew ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chance fractures; Pediatric thoracolumbar fractures; Seatbelt injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 34247882758     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32801430e2     Document Type: Review

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