Glasgow Coma Scale as a predictor for hemocoagulative disorders after blunt pediatric traumatic brain injury*

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Peiniger, Sigune ^a   Nienaber, Ulrike ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Braun, Maximilian ^a   Wafaisade, Arasch ^a   Borgman, Matthew A ^a,b   Spinella, Philip C ^c,d,e   Maegele, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Glasgow Coma Scale; Hemocoagulative disorders; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864287333     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31823893c5     Document Type: Article

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