Prevalence of clinically important traumatic brain injuries in children with minor blunt head trauma and isolated severe injury mechanisms

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-361

  Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a   Hoyle, John ^b   Stanley, Rachel M ^c   Gorelick, Marc H ^d   Miskin, Michelle ^e   Atabaki, Shireen M ^f   Dayan, Peter S ^g   Holmes, James F ^h   Kuppermann, Nathan ^h  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84859398546     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1156     Document Type: Article

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