Clinically important head injuries after head trauma in children

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9696, 2009, Pages 1127-1129

  Parkin, Patricia C ^a,b,c,d   Maguire, Jonathon L ^a,b,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349490398     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61634-2     Document Type: Note

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