OBJECTIVE: To determine the optimal imaging strategy for young children with minor head
injury considering health-related quality of life and radiation risk. In children with minor head …

Objective The objective was to determine the feasibility of “rapid” magnetic resonance
imaging (rMRI) versus noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT) for pediatric patients with …

Background Overuse of computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury continues despite
developed and rigorously validated clinical decision rules like the Canadian CT Head Rule …

Objective: To evaluate the usage of computed tomography (CT) head scanning in children at
the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital after the publication of the National Institute of …

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Objectives To develop a sensitive clinical decision rule with a high negative predictive value
for the use of cranial computed tomography (CT) in minor pediatric head trauma, to identify …

Background Brain injury during early childhood may disrupt key periods of
neurodevelopment. Most research regarding mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has focused …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the radiologic changes that are seen
in the first 24 to 48 hours after head injury and to correlate those changes with clinical …

OBJECTIVES: We determined whether implementing the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied
Research Network (PECARN) traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules and providing …

The use of computed tomographic scanning in blunt head trauma has increased
dramatically in recent years without an accompanying rise in the prevalence of injury or …