Pediatric head injury

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 398-411

  Schunk, Jeff E ^a   Schutzman, Sara A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MANNITOL;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT CARE; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENCEPHALOCELE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865814488     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.33-9-398     Document Type: Review

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