Routine measurement of head circumference as a tool for detecting intracranial expansion in infants: What is the gain? A nationwide survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Zahl, Sverre Morten ^a   Wester, Knut ^b,c  

^a Voss Hospital   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child health services; Clinical practice; Head circumference; Hydrocephalus; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40949156295     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1598     Document Type: Article

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