Evaluation and Management of Moderate to Severe Pediatric Head Trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Swaminathan, Anand ^a   Levy, Phil ^b,c   Legome, Eric ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric critical care; pediatric head trauma; resuscitation; TBI

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349282421     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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