Pediatric traumatic brain injury is inconsistently regionalized in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hartman, Mary ^a,b   Watson, Robert Scott ^b,c   Linde Zwirble, Walter ^b   Clermont, Gilles ^b,d   Lave, Judith ^b   Weissfeld, Lisa ^b   Kochanek, Patrick ^c   Angus, Derek ^b  

^a DUKE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ZD Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Pediatric; Regionalization; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGERY COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INJURY SCALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249143213     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3399     Document Type: Article

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