Incidental findings in children with blunt head trauma evaluated with cranial CT scans

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rogers, Alexander J ^a,b   Maher, Cormac O ^a   Schunk, Jeff E ^c   Quayle, Kimberly ^d   Jacobs, Elizabeth ^e   Lichenstein, Richard ^f   Powell, Elizabeth ^g   Miskin, Michelle ^c   Dayan, Peter ⁱ   Holmes, James F ^h   Kuppermann, Nathan ^h,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ Departments of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain imaging; Computed tomography; Congenital abnormalities anomalies; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CISTERNA MAGNA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL MALFORMATION; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84882256522     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0299     Document Type: Article

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