Minor head injuries in children: An approach to management

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 284-287

  Lückhoff, Carl ^a   Starr, Mike ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Emergencies; Head injuries

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 77957232355     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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