Incidental findings on computed tomography scans in children with mild head trauma

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 872-876

  Ortega, Henry W ^a   Vander Velden, Heidi ^a   Reid, Samuel ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

closed head injury; computed tomography; incidental findings; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866001653     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812450508     Document Type: Review

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