Neuroimaging for pediatric head trauma: Do patient and hospital characteristics influence who gets imaged?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 694-700

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Bourgeois, Florence T ^a   Schutzman, Sara A ^a   Bernstein, Ari ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Diagnostic imaging; Emergency service; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955912831     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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