The use of handheld near-infrared device (Infrascanner) for detecting intracranial haemorrhages in children with minor head injury

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Bressan, Silvia ^a   Daverio, Marco ^a,b   Martinolli, Francesco ^a,b   Dona', Daniele ^a   Mario, Federica ^a   Steiner, Ivan P ^c   Da Dalt, Liviana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; CT scan; Minor head injury; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICALLY IMPORTANT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR HEAD INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRARED RAYS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84903372284     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2314-2     Document Type: Article

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