Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 8-15 , March 2005

Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Head Trauma in the Emergency Department: Current Concepts and State-of-the-Art Research

  • Rachel Pardes Berger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Rachel Berger, MD, MPH Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
    • ,
  • P. David Adelson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.12.005

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 8-15 , March 2005

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