Disparity in management and long-term outcomes of pediatric splenic injury in California

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1162-1166

  Jen, Howard C ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a   Cryer, Henry G ^a   Shew, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SURGEON; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77953019796     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c98271     Document Type: Article

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