Early resuscitation of children with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Zebrack, Michelle ^a,e   Dandoy, Christopher ^b   Hansen, Kristine ^c   Scaife, Eric ^a   Mann, N Clay ^d   Bratton, Susan L ^a  

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

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency medical services; Emergency resuscitation; Outcome; Secondary brain injury; Traumatic brain injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VITAL SIGN;

ANOXIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649574768     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1006     Document Type: Article

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