Prevalence of Clinically Important Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma and Isolated Severe Injury Mechanisms | Zendy

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Prevalence of Clinically Important Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma and Isolated Severe Injury Mechanisms

Author(s) -

Lois K. Lee

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1156

Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , glasgow coma scale , blunt , emergency medicine , poison control , head injury , injury prevention , observational study , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , cohort study , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry

To determine the prevalence of clinically important traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) with severe injury mechanisms in children with minor blunt head trauma but with no other risk factors from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) TBI prediction rules (defined as isolated severe injury mechanisms).

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