Outcomes for children hospitalized with abusive versus noninflicted abdominal trauma

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lane, Wendy Gwirtzman ^a   Lotwin, Irwin ^a   Dubowitz, Howard ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Dischinger, Patricia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Child abuse; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABUSIVE ABDOMINAL TRAUMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957885383     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2096     Document Type: Article

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