TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Increased mortality in very young children with traumatic brain injury due to child abuse: a nationwide analysis of 10,964 patients [meeting abstract] JO - Pediatrics A1 - Theodorou, Christina M. A1 - Nuno, Miriam A. A1 - Yamashiro, Kaeli J. A1 - Stokes, Sarah C. A1 - Jackson, Jordan E. A1 - Brown, Erin G. SP - 912 EP - 913 VL - 147 IS - 3 N2 - BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children with worse outcomes in younger children; however, the impact of mechanism on outcomes has not been fully evaluated. We hypothesized that children with TBI due to child abuse would have higher mortality than children with TBI …
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LA - en SN - 0031-4005 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3_MeetingAbstract.912 ID - ref1 ER -