Brain CT scan for pediatric minor accidental head injury. An Italian experience and review of literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1063-1068

  Fundaro C ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Monaco, S ^a   Cota, F ^a   Giorgio, V ^a   Filoni, S ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a   Onesimo, R ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain CTscan; Childhood; Head injury; Head injury guidelines

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCALP SWELLING; SWELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863726699     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1717-9     Document Type: Article

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