Which management strategy do parents prefer for their head-injured child: Immediate computed tomography scan or observation?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Karpas, Anna ^a   Finkelstein, Marsha ^b   Reid, Samuel ^a  

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

^b Children's Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; head injury; observation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84872335716     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b5090     Document Type: Article

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