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Tools for the Measurement of Outcome after Minor Head Injury in Children: Summary from the Ambulatory Pediatric Association/EMSC Outcomes Research Conference
Author(s) -
Fuchs Susan,
Lewis Roger J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb01351.x
Subject(s) - medicine , minor (academic) , ambulatory , head injury , outcome (game theory) , pediatric emergency medicine , medical emergency , emergency department , family medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , humanities , surgery , emergency physician , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical economics
This article summarizes discussions held during a conference on outcomes research in emergency medical services for children. It provides detailed information on existing outcome measures for pediatric minor head injury. Benefits and/or limitations in their applicability for use in pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric minor head injury research are highlighted.