Linear nondisplaced skull fractures in children: Who should be observed or admitted?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 703-708

  Arrey, Eliel N ^a   Kerr, Marcia L ^a   Fletcher, Stephen ^a   Cox, Charles S ^a   Sandberg, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear skull fracture; Nondisplaced; Pediatric head trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR NONDISPLACED SKULL FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL BONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL BONE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TEXAS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84971622132     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.4.PEDS1545     Document Type: Article

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