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Multicenter Study
. 2014 Nov 13;371(20):1945-7.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1407902.

Epidemiology of blunt head trauma in children in U.S. emergency departments

Kimberly S Quayle  1 , Elizabeth C Powell, Prashant Mahajan, John D Hoyle Jr, Frances M Nadel, Mohamed K Badawy, Jeff E Schunk, Rachel M Stanley, Michelle Miskin, Shireen M Atabaki, Peter S Dayan, James F Holmes, Nathan Kuppermann
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Multicenter Study

Epidemiology of blunt head trauma in children in U.S. emergency departments

Kimberly S Quayle et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Abstract

Among more than 43,000 children treated in 25 emergency departments for blunt head trauma, traumatic brain injury was identified on CT scan in 7% of the patients. Falls were the most frequent injury mechanism for children under the age of 12 years.

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