RT Book, Section
A1 Blinman, Thane A.
A1 Nance, Michael
A2 Ziegler, Moritz M.
A2 Azizkhan, Richard G.
A2 Allmen, Daniel von
A2 Weber, Thomas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1100438027
T1 Trauma Epidemiology, Scoring and Triage Systems, and Injury Prevention
T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162723-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100438027
RD 2024/04/25
AB Children  follow  different  patterns  of  injury  than  adults.Commonly  used  scoring  systems  have  decreased  predictive  power  in  injured  children  because,  among  other  problems,  few  systems  take  into  account  size-based  differences  in  pediatric  physiology.Despite  these  problems,  scoring  systems  decrease  subjective  evaluation  of  trauma,  and  therefore  play  a  critical  role  in  pediatric  trauma  research  and  quality  improvement  (QI).Injury  prevention  is  a  key  component  of  any  trauma  system  and  trauma  center.  The  priorities  for  prevention  initiatives  are  best  decided  at  the  community  level  based  on  measured  needs.