Derivation of a clinical prediction rule for pediatric abusive head trauma
KP Hymel, DF Willson, SC Boos, DA Pullin… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Abusive head trauma is a leading cause of traumatic death and disability during
infancy and early childhood. Evidence-based screening tools for abusive head trauma do
not exist. Our research objectives were 1) to measure the predictive relationships between
abusive head trauma and isolated, discriminating, and reliable clinical variables and 2) to
derive a reliable, sensitive, abusive head trauma clinical prediction rule that—if validated—
can inform pediatric intensivists' early decisions to launch (or forego) an evaluation for …
infancy and early childhood. Evidence-based screening tools for abusive head trauma do
not exist. Our research objectives were 1) to measure the predictive relationships between
abusive head trauma and isolated, discriminating, and reliable clinical variables and 2) to
derive a reliable, sensitive, abusive head trauma clinical prediction rule that—if validated—
can inform pediatric intensivists' early decisions to launch (or forego) an evaluation for …
Derivation of a clinical prediction rule for pediatric abusive head trauma.
S Boos MD - 2013 - scholarlycommons.libraryinfo.bhs …
OBJECTIVES: Abusive head trauma is a leading cause of traumatic death and disability
during infancy and early childhood. Evidence-based screening tools for abusive head
trauma do not exist. Our research objectives were 1) to measure the predictive relationships
between abusive head trauma and isolated, discriminating, and reliable clinical variables
and 2) to derive a reliable, sensitive, abusive head trauma clinical prediction rule that-if
validated-can inform pediatric intensivists' early decisions to launch (or forego) an …
during infancy and early childhood. Evidence-based screening tools for abusive head
trauma do not exist. Our research objectives were 1) to measure the predictive relationships
between abusive head trauma and isolated, discriminating, and reliable clinical variables
and 2) to derive a reliable, sensitive, abusive head trauma clinical prediction rule that-if
validated-can inform pediatric intensivists' early decisions to launch (or forego) an …