Cervical spinal cord injury in abused children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-227

  Feldman, Kenneth W ^a,b   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Sugar, Naomi F ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cord injury; Craniocervical injury; Inflicted head injury; Spinal; Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIB FRACTURE; SEPSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SWELLING; URINE RETENTION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 42449103102     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31816b7aa4     Document Type: Article

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