Subdural hematomas and emergency management in infancy and childhood: A single institution's experience

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 834-836

  Tehli, Ozkan ^a   Kazanc, Burak ^a   Türkoǧlu, Erhan ^b   Solmaz, Ilker ^c  

^a Marshal Fevzi Cakmak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

child abuse; infant; subdural hematoma; trauma; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; TREPHINING; TURKEY;

EID: 80052962946     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31822c136a     Document Type: Article

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