Diagnosis and acute management of patients with concussion at children's hospitals

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 934-938

  Colvin, Jeffrey D ^a   Thurm, Cary ^b   Pate, Brian M ^a   Newland, Jason G ^c   Hall, Matt ^b   Meehan III, William P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d Harvard Medical School   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INFUSION FLUID; KETOROLAC; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; UNITED STATES;

GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888644314     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303588     Document Type: Article

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