Ultrasound evaluation of skull fractures in children: A feasibility study

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-425

  Riera, Antonio ^a   Chen, Lei ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; fractures; head injuries; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED HEAD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84861092241     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318252da3b     Document Type: Article

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