Minor head trauma and linear skull fracture in infants: Cranial ultrasound or computed tomography?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-152

  Trenchs, Victoria ^a   Curcoy, Ana I ^a   Castillo, Marta ^a   Badosa, Josep ^a   Luaces, Carles ^a   Pou, Jordi ^a   Navarro, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Minor head trauma; Skull fracture; Transfontanellar ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR HEAD TRAUMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TRANSFONTANELLAR ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FONTANEL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIAL FONTANELLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL FRACTURES; SPAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68049096042     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328321b7b5     Document Type: Article

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