title: Emergencies in sports: the young athlete.
abstract: Accidents are the leading cause of death in children over the age of 1 year. Owing to the prevalence of injury, especially sports related, the attending physician should always be alert for the plausibility of serious medical emergencies in the young athlete.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male