Predictive value of scoring system in severe pediatric head injury
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Predictive value of scoring system in severe pediatric head injury.
OBJECTIVES To determine the threshold values of Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM 2) score, Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS), and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score for mortality in children after severe head injury and to evaluate changes in outcomes of children after severe head injury on discharge and after 6 months. MATERIAL AND METHODS All children with severe head injury admitted to the Pedia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1648-9144
DOI: 10.3390/medicina43110111