Blunt solid organ injury: Do adult and pediatric surgeons treat children differently?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 698-703

  Sims, Carrie A ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^b   Nance, Michael L ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonoperative management; Pediatric; Solid organ injury

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGAN INJURY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INJURY; LIVER; SPLEEN; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGERY;

CHILD; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPLEEN; SURGERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650320559     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181574945     Document Type: Article

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