Open AccessAssociation of a Guardian's Report of a Child Acting Abnormally With Traumatic Brain Injury After Minor Blunt Head Trauma
Author(s) -
Daniel K. Nishijima,
James F. Holmes,
Peter S. Dayan,
Nathan Kuppermann
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2743
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , head trauma , neurosurgery , blunt , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , head injury , blunt trauma , risk factor , cohort , emergency department , surgery , psychiatry
Increased use of computed tomography (CT) in children is concerning owing to the cancer risk from ionizing radiation, particularly in children younger than 2 years. A guardian report that a child is acting abnormally is a risk factor for clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) and may be a driving factor for CT use in the emergency department.
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