title: Pediatric proximal femur fractures--what the trauma nurse should know.
authors.affiliation: Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mecham
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005269:Femur / Q000098:blood supply / Q000254:growth & development; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000379:methods; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014194:Traumatology / Q000379:methods