Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 507-514, October 2003

Prediction of intracranial injury in children aged five years and older with loss of consciousness after minor head injury due to nontrivial mechanisms☆

  • Micelle J Haydel, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, Emergency Medicine Office, Charity Hospital, 13th Floor, 1532 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112; 504-903-1006
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  • Amit D Shembekar, MD

Section of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

Received 23 September 2002; received in revised form 8 April 2003; accepted 16 May 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: MJH conceived the study, designed and supervised data collection, provided statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript. ADS participated in data collection, data management, and data quality control and contributed to manuscript revisions. MJH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00512-2

doi:10.1067/S0196-0644(03)00512-2

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