Emergency department measurement of urinary S100B in children following head injury: can extracranial injury confound findings?

Objective:To assess the potential role of urinary S100B as a prognostic biochemical marker following head injury in children in a UK emergency department setting.Methods:A case-control pilot study was performed in 20 patients with head injury and 15 controls (with extracranial trauma) aged

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2008-02, Vol.25 (2), p.88-89
Hauptverfasser:	Pickering, A, Carter, J, Hanning, I, Townend, W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biomarkers - urine Brain research Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Craniocerebral Trauma - diagnosis Craniocerebral Trauma - urine Emergency Service, Hospital Female Fractures Glasgow Coma Scale Head injuries Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Nerve Growth Factors - urine Patients Pilot Projects Prognosis S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit S100 Proteins - urine Traumatic brain injury Urine
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective:To assess the potential role of urinary S100B as a prognostic biochemical marker following head injury in children in a UK emergency department setting.Methods:A case-control pilot study was performed in 20 patients with head injury and 15 controls (with extracranial trauma) aged
ISSN:	1472-0205 1472-0213
DOI:	10.1136/emj.2007.046631