Guardian availability in children evaluated in the emergency department for blunt head trauma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Holmes, James F ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guardian availability; Institutional review board; IRB; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 58149484238     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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