Pediatric spinal injury type and severity are age and mechanism dependent

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2339-2347

  Bilston, Lynne E ^a   Brown, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Injury mechanism; Spinal cord injury; Spinal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPORTING EVENT; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 34848860481     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181558886     Document Type: Review

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