Abusive head trauma in children presenting with an apparent life-threatening event

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 821-825

  Guenther, Elisabeth ^a   Powers, Annie ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Bonkowsky, Joshua L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALTE; Apparent life threatening event; ED; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958068934     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.072     Document Type: Article

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