Isolated loss of consciousness in children with minor blunt head trauma

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 837-843

  Lee, Lois K ^a   Monroe, David ^b   Bachman, Michael C ^c   Glass, Todd F ^d   Mahajan, Prashant V ^e   Cooper, Arthur ^f   Stanley, Rachel M ^g   Miskin, Michelle ^h   Dayan, Peter S ⁱ   Holmes, James F ^j   Kuppermann, Nathan ^j  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Howard County General Hospital   (United States)

^c NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICALLY IMPORTANT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84906973595     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.361     Document Type: Article

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