Imaging plays an essential role in identifying intracranial injury in patients with traumatic
brain injury (TBI). The goals of imaging include (1) detecting injuries that may require …

Importance In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the research guiding
pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) clinical management, in large part because of …

Importance Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, in children is a rapidly growing
public health concern because epidemiologic data indicate a marked increase in the …

While the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a clinical decision, neuroimaging
remains vital for guiding management on the basis of identification of intracranial pathologic …

The aim of this review is to survey CT and MRI overuse in the paediatric emergency
department (ED) population. CT is one of the most important modalities employed in the ED …

Objective The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) traumatic
brain injury (TBI) age-based clinical prediction rules identify children at very low risk of a …

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 …

Background The management of minor and moderate head trauma in children differs widely
between countries. Presently, there are no existing guidelines for management of these …

Very few children and young people who present with head injury will have significant
intracranial pathology. This presents a common diagnostic dilemma for physicians, as these …

Objectives The objectives were to evaluate general emergency department (ED) variation in
head computed tomography (CT) use for pediatric head trauma, hospital factors associated …