Objective: To compare a decision rule with clinician judgment for identifying children at risk
of traumatic brain injury (TBI) after blunt head trauma. Methods: We performed an …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Computed tomography (CT) is frequently used in evaluating children
with blunt head trauma. Routine use of CT, however, has disadvantages. Therefore, we …

Objective Children with minor head trauma frequently present to emergency departments
(EDs). Identifying those with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can be difficult, and it is unknown …

Background Data suggest that clinicians, when evaluating pediatric patients with blunt head
trauma, may be overordering head computed tomography (CT). Prior decision instruments …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) in
children presenting to a community hospital setting and identified factors associated with …

OBJECTIVE. To assess the ability of the NEXUS II head trauma decision instrument to
identify patients with clinically important intracranial injury (ICI) from among children with …

OBJECTIVE: Children with minor blunt head trauma often are observed in the emergency
department before a decision is made regarding computed tomography use. We studied the …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) with minor blunt
head trauma, defined by initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 14 or 15, are …

In our state-of-the-art review, we summarize the best-available evidence for the optimal
emergency department management of children with minor blunt head trauma. Minor blunt …

Study objective To determine the effect of providing risk estimates of clinically important
traumatic brain injuries and management recommendations on emergency department (ED) …