Do Routine Laboratory Tests Add to the Care of the Pediatric Trauma Patient?
Laboratory studies are often routinely obtained in the injured child. How broad a range of studies are needed and do they impact on the child's management? This article reviews the literature and makes recommendations for a simplified, cost-effective laboratory testing strategy.
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Health care of Atlanta, GA
Reprint requests and correspondence: Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr MD, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA 30322.
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