Deciding whether to screen for abusive head trauma: Do we need a clinical decision rule?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-231

  Berger, Rachel ^a   McGinn, Thomas ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ANAMNESIS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PREDICTION DECISION RULE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HEAD INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING;

CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84873931445     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31827204a8     Document Type: Editorial

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