Head injury depth as an indicator of causes and mechanisms

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-720

  Hymel, Kent P ^a   Stoiko, Michael A ^b   Herman, Bruce E ^c   Combs, Amy ^d   Harper, Nancy S ^e   Lowen, Deborah ^f,g   Deye, Katherine P ^h,i   Homa, Karen ^a   Blackman, James A ^j,k  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^f University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^g Children's Justice Center   (United States)

^h INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Abuse; Accidents; Depth of injury; Head trauma; Infants

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SWELLING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 77950580074     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2133     Document Type: Article

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