Citation

Ibrahim NG, Margulies SS. J. Neurosurg. Pediatr. 2010; 6(1): 57-68.

Affiliation

Department of Bioengineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6321, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

DOI

10.3171/2010.3.PEDS09357

PMID

20593989

Abstract

OBJECT: Falls are the most common environmental setting for closed head injuries in children between 2 and 4 years of age. The authors previously found that toddlers had fewer skull fractures and scalp/facial soft-tissue injuries, and more frequent altered mental status than infants for the same low-height falls (

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