Effect of the duration of emergency department observation on computed tomography use in children with minor blunt head trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 597-603

  Schonfeld, Deborah ^a   Fitz, Brianna M ^b   Nigrovic, Lise E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATION TIME; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84888134648     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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