Citation

White JR, Dalton HJ. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 30(11 Suppl): S478-88.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12528790

Abstract

Traumatic injuries occur in > 20 million children each year and are the leading source of death in children over the age of 1 yr. Mechanisms of injury and subsequent therapies for critically injured children are diverse. This review will focus on resources and management strategies for caring for the severely injured child in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Language: en