Incidence of delayed intracranial hemorrhage in children after uncomplicated minor head injuries

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hamilton, Mark ^a   Mrazik, Martin ^b   Johnson, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute brain injury; Children; Intracranial hemorrhage; Minor head injury; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954357464     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0692     Document Type: Article

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