Minor head injury in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Klig, Jean E ^a   Kaplan, Carl P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury; Minor head injury; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952324565     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328339736e     Document Type: Review

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