Pediatric traumatic brain injury and radiation risks: A clinical decision analysis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 392-397

  Hennelly, Kara E ^a   Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a   Thompson, Kimberly M ^b   Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Proctor, Mark ^a   Schutzman, Sara ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kid Risk Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; AIS; ciTBI; Clinically important traumatic brain injury; Computed tomography; CT; ED; Emergency department; GCS; Glasgow Coma Scale; p(ciTBI); PECARN; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network; Probability of clinically important traumatic brain injury; TBI; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84872344075     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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