Headache in young children in the emergency department: Use of computed tomography

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lateef, Tarannum M ^a   Grewal, Mandeep ^a   McClintock, William ^a   Chamberlain, James ^b   Kaulas, Himanshu ^a   Nelson, Karin B ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Computed tomography; Emergency department; Headache

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649579830     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3150     Document Type: Article

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