Epidemiology of traumatic head injury from a major paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales, Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 424-428

  Amaranath, Jeevaka E ^a   Ramanan, Mahesh ^a   Reagh, Jessica ^a   Saekang, Eilen ^a   Prasad, Narayan ^a   Chaseling, Raymond ^a   Soundappan, Sannappa ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Paediatric; Traumatic head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84901850199     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12445     Document Type: Article

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