The changing "epidemiology" of pediatric head injury and its impact on the daily clinical practice

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 813-823

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Head injury; Outcome of head injury; Prevention from TBI; Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349253022     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0820-z     Document Type: Article

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