Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 785-794

  Lyttle, Mark D ^a   Crowe, Louise ^b   Oakley, Ed ^b,c   Dunning, Joel ^d   Babl, Franz E ^a,b,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSIBILITY; SKULL FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867233831     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200225     Document Type: Review

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