Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in the child

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-10

  Jones, Teresa S ^a   Burlew, Clay Cothren ^a   Kornblith, Lucy Z ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^a   Partrick, David A ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^a   Barnett, Carlton C ^a   Bensard, Denis D ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt cerebrovascular injury; Carotid injury; Children; Pediatric; Stroke; Trauma; Vertebral injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPINE INJURY; STROKE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862501549     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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