Pediatric head injury and concussion

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 653-675

  Wing, Robyn ^a   James, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Concussion; Head injury; Mild traumatic brain injury; Pediatric; Postconcussive syndrome; Return to play

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; ETOMIDATE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; ONDANSETRON; PHENYTOIN; ROCURONIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME; SPORT INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; VOMITING;

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; CONCUSSION; HEAD INJURY; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; PEDIATRIC; POSTCONCUSSIVE SYNDROME; RETURN TO PLAY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84881111217     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2013.05.007     Document Type: Review

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