Paediatric patients with abusive head trauma treated in US emergency departments, 2006-2009

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1555-1561

  Xiang, Joe ^a,b   Shi, Junxin ^a   Wheeler, Krista Kurz ^a   Yeates, Keith Owen ^a,c   Taylor, H Gerry ^b,d   Smith, Gary A ^a,c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Emergency department; Head trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888865640     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.831126     Document Type: Article

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