Performance of decision rules to predict need for computed tomography among children with blunt head trauma;Apport des règles de décision clinique aux indications de tomodensitométrie cérébrale dans les traumatismes crâniens de l'enfant

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-723

  Martinot, A ^a   Chartier, A ^a   Hue, V ^a   Dubos, F ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; HEAD INJURY; PREVALENCE; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

EID: 45449100749     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(08)71888-8     Document Type: Article

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