Pediatric Patients in the Adult Trauma Bay-Comfort Level and Challenges

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-56

  Stone, Kimberly P ^a   Woodward, George A ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injured children; Outcomes; Pediatric trauma; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANCER RISK; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 77950344153     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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