Clinical and radiographic characteristics associated with abusive and nonabusive head trauma: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-323

  Piteau, Shalea J ^a   Ward, Michelle G K ^b   Barrowman, Nick J ^c   Plint, Amy C ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; Abusive head trauma; Children; Head injury; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; AGE; APNEA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; METAPHYSIS; NECK INJURY; NONABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SCALP; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN SWELLING; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 84864518669     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1545     Document Type: Review

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