Severity of head computed tomography scan findings fail to explain racial differences in mortality following child abuse

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Martin, Colin A ^a   Care, Marguerite ^b   Rangel, Erika L ^a   Brown, Rebeccah L ^a   Garcia, Victor F ^a   Falcone Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Non accidental trauma; Outcomes disparities; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HERNIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74649083384     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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