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Chapter 5 - Pediatric Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2019

By
Manpreet Singh  and
Timothy Horeczko
Edited by
Alex Koyfman  and
Brit Long
Alex Koyfman
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brit Long
Affiliation:
San Antonio Military Medical Center
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Summary

Trauma evaluation and management often focuses on protocols, especially in adults. In children, however, special considerations are made based on epidemiology, physiology, and mechanisms of injury on the location affected.

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The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook , pp. 68 - 76
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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