Impact of newly adopted guidelines for management of children with isolated skull fracture

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1856-1860

  Metzger, Ryan R ^a   Smith, Julia ^a   Wells, Matthew ^b   Eldridge, Lesley ^b   Holsti, Maija ^a   Scaife, Eric R ^a   Barnhart, Douglas C ^a   Rollins, Michael D ^a  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Children; Head injury; Resource utilization; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; UTAH; VOMITING;

EID: 84915756323     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.09.038     Document Type: Article

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