Evaluation of forensic cases in pediatric intensive care unit
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Evaluation of forensic cases admitted to pediatric intensive care unit.
AIM This study aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric forensic cases to contribute to the literature and to preventive health care services. MATERIAL AND METHODS Pediatric forensic cases hospitalized in our pediatric intensive care unit below the age of 17 years were reviewed retrospectively (January 2009-June 2014) . The patients were evaluated in tw...
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عنوان ژورنال: SiSli Etfal Hastanesi Tip Bulteni / The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Hospital
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1302-7123
DOI: 10.14744/semb.2019.73693