Performance of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Lesions on Computed Tomography in Children and Youth with Mild Head Trauma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1274-1282

  Papa, Linda ^a,b   Zonfrillo, Mark R ^c,d   Ramirez, Jose ^b   Silvestri, Salvatore ^a,b   Giordano, Philip ^a,b   Braga, Carolina F ^a   Tan, Ciara N ^a   Ameli, Neema J ^a   Lopez, Marco ^a   Mittal, Manoj K ^c,d  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84946564113     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12795     Document Type: Article

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