The Impact of Unintentional Pediatric Trauma: A Review of Pain, Acute Stress, and Posttraumatic Stress

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Gold, Jeffrey I ^a,b,c   Kant, Alexis J ^a,b,c   Kim, Seok Hyeon ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD MORTALITY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40649098881     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.08.005     Document Type: Review

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