Variation in specialists' reported hospitalization practices of children sustaining blunt head trauma

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Vance, Cheryl W ^a,b   Lee, Moon O ^b   Holmes, James F ^b   Sokolove, Peter E ^b   Palchak, Michael J ^b   Morris, Beth A ^b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGEON; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84874049068     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.3.6924     Document Type: Review

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