Gender impacts mortality after traumatic brain injury in teenagers

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 682-686

  Ley, Eric J ^a   Short, Scott S ^a   Liou, Douglas Z ^a   Singer, Matthew B ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Melo, Nicolas ^a   Bukur, Marko ^a   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; Pediatric; puberty; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885357711     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829d024f     Document Type: Article

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