Screening for occult abdominal trauma in children with suspected physical abuse

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1595-1602

  Lane, Wendy Gwirtzman ^a   Dubowitz, Howard ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Child abuse; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SCREENING; URINALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMYLASES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPASE; LIVER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODDS RATIO; PANCREAS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 71949122962     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0904     Document Type: Article

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