Variation in occult injury screening for children with suspected abuse in selected US children's hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 853-860

  Wood, Joanne N ^a,b   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b   Medina, Sheyla P ^a   Luan, Xianqun ^a   Localio, Russell ^a,b   Rubin, David M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Femur fracture; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT INJURY SCREENING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 84868615820     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0244     Document Type: Article

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