[PDF][PDF] Concussion—mild traumatic brain injury: recoverable injury with potential for serious sequelae

J Kamins, CC Giza - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2016 - Elsevier
Although the original contemplation of concussion originated in Ancient Greece (Fig-1) 1,
public and scientific awareness are finally gaining traction. The scientific establishment now …

Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

FE Babl, ML Borland, N Phillips, A Kochar, S Dalton… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Clinical decision rules can help to determine the need for CT imaging in
children with head injuries. We aimed to validate three clinical decision rules (PECARN …

Comparison of severity scales for acute bronchiolitis in real clinical practice

E Granda, M Urbano, P Andrés, M Corchete… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Several clinical scales have been developed to assess the severity of bronchiolitis as well
as the probability of needing in-hospital care. A recent systematic review of 32 validated …

Validation of the PECARN clinical decision rule for children with minor head trauma: a French multicenter prospective study

F Lorton, C Poullaouec, E Legallais… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background To date, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
(PECARN) rule for identifying children who are at very low risk of clinically-important …

Quality improvement effort to reduce cranial CTs for children with minor blunt head trauma

LE Nigrovic, AM Stack, RC Mannix, TW Lyons… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Blunt head trauma is a common injury in children, although it rarely requires
surgical intervention. Cranial computed tomography (CT) is the reference standard for the …

Use of CT for head trauma: 2007–2015

B Burstein, JEM Upton, HF Terra, MI Neuman - Pediatrics, 2018 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Care
Medical Survey database of nationally representative ED visits from 2007 to 2015. We …

A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head injuries …

FE Babl, MD Lyttle, S Bressan, M Borland, N Phillips… - BMC pediatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background Head injuries in children are responsible for a large number of emergency
department visits. Failure to identify a clinically significant intracranial injury in a timely …

External validation of the PECARN head trauma prediction rules in Japan

K Ide, S Uematsu, K Tetsuhara… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
head trauma prediction rules are used to assist computed tomography (CT) decision …

Italian guidelines on the assessment and management of pediatric head injury in the emergency department

L Da Dalt, N Parri, A Amigoni, A Nocerino… - Italian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Objective We aim to formulate evidence-based recommendations to assist physicians
decision-making in the assessment and management of children younger than 16 years …

Cervical spine injury risk factors in children with blunt trauma

JC Leonard, LR Browne, FA Ahmad, H Schwartz… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Adult prediction rules for cervical spine injury (CSI) exist; however,
pediatric rules do not. Our objectives were to determine test accuracies of retrospectively …