Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 18-21, March 2010

Do Routine Laboratory Tests Add to the Care of the Pediatric Trauma Patient?

  • Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint 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.

Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Health care of Atlanta, GA

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.

Keywords: pediatric trauma, laboratory studies, intraabdominal injury

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PII: S1522-8401(09)00114-1

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.006

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 18-21, March 2010

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