The bruised premobile infant: Should you evaluate further?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-39

  Feldman, Kenneth W ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruising; Child abuse; Coagulation disorders; Hemophilia; Infants

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; RANITIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALLUS; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPISTAXIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PETECHIA; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN INDURATION; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBIN TIME; ABDOMINAL INJURY; CAREGIVER; CONTUSION; INJURY; NEWBORN; PERINEUM; PREMATURITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSIONS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PERINEUM; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 65249142306     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318191db15     Document Type: Article

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