… presenting to a single pediatric ED for evaluation. Our goal was to determine how … duration
of ED observation before CT decisionmaking affects CT usage for children with minor head …

… scans by identifying children who are at very low risk for clinically important TBI for whom …
observation of children with minor blunt head trauma in the emergency department for a period …

… trauma have a 35% rate of TBIs on computed tomography (CT… , if they can be observed
for a period of time in the ED. For … , particularly when a course of action is not clear. In 2 …

… pediatric head trauma visits during the 9-year period. The … the long-term health consequences
of radiation exposure … We observed a lower rate of CT use at pediatric-specific EDs than in …

… for TBI, or hospital admission of 2 nights or longer duration … To assess the impact of recent,
large prediction rules for ciTBI … Our data also suggest that differences observed between …

… effect of potential missed traumatic findings on these patients lost to telephone/mail follow-up.
The results of that analysis suggest minimal if any effect … long-term neurocognitive function …

… period (2005-2009), we identified patient visits for minor … CT might be balanced against
admission for observation, we … to demonstrate the impact of imaging on head injury outcomes. …

… Although most patients with minor head injury can be discharged after a period of observation,
a small proportion … In Canadian pediatric emergency departments the use of CT for minor …

… minor head injury can be discharged without sequelae after a period of observation, a small
… This selective approach had no apparent deleterious effect on patient care, in that none of …

… Among children, disparities are observed in emergency care, … long-term risk for malignant
neoplasms, particularly in children. … of injury was defined as the head struck with a high-impact …