Association of traumatic brain injuries with vomiting in children with blunt head trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 657-665

  Dayan, Peter S ^a   Holmes, James F ^b   Atabaki, Shireen ^c   Hoyle, John ^d   Tunik, Michael G ^e   Lichenstein, Richard ^f   Alpern, Elizabeth ^g   Miskin, Michelle ^h   Kuppermann, Nathan ^b  

^a Columbia University College of Physi and Surg ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOMITING; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 84901198780     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Traumatic brain injury in the United States. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/ tbi-ed.html. Accessed August 18, 2013.
2. N. Kuppermann, J.F. Holmes, and P.S. Dayan et al. Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study Lancet 374 2009 1160 1170
3. J. Dunning, J.P. Daly, and J.-P. Lomas et al. Derivation of the Children's Head Injury algorithm for the prediction of important clinical events decision rule for head injury in children Arch Dis Child 91 2006 885 891
4. D.L. Miglioretti, E. Johnson, and A. Williams et al. The use of computed tomography in pediatrics and the associated radiation exposure and estimated cancer risk JAMA Pediatr 167 8 2013 700 707
5. D.P. Frush, and K.S. Frush The ALARA concept in pediatric imaging: building bridges between radiology and emergency medicine: Consensus Conference on Imaging Safety and Quality for Children in the Emergency Setting, Feb. 23-24, 2008, Orlando, FL: executive summary Pediatr Radiol 38 suppl 4 2008 S629 S632
6. A. Pandor, S. Goodacre, and S. Harnan et al. Diagnostic management strategies for adults and children with minor head injury: a systematic review and an economic evaluation Health Technol Assess 15 27 2011 1 202
7. J.L. Maguire, K. Boutis, and E.M. Uleryk et al. Should a head-injured child receive a head CT scan? a systematic review of clinical prediction rules Pediatrics 124 2009 e145 e154
8. M.H. Gorelick, S.M. Atabaki, and J. Hoyle et al. Interobserver agreement in assessment of clinical variables in children with blunt head trauma Acad Emerg Med 15 2008 812 818
9. M.J. Palchak, J.F. Holmes, and C.W. Vance et al. Does an isolated history of loss of consciousness or amnesia predict brain injuries in children after blunt head trauma? Pediatrics 113 2004 e507 e513
10. S. Bressan, S. Romanato, and T. Mion et al. Implementation of adapted PECARN decision rule for children with minor head injury in the pediatric emergency department Acad Emerg Med 19 2012 801 807
11. M.D. Rollins, D.C. Barnhart, and R.A. Greenberg et al. Neurologically intact children with an isolated skull fracture may be safely discharged after brief observation J Pediatr Surg 46 2011 1342 1346
12. J. Dunning, J. Batchelor, and P. Stratford-Smith et al. A meta-analysis of variables that predict significant intracranial injury in minor head trauma Arch Dis Child 89 2004 653 659
13. L. Da Dalt, A.G. Marchi, and L. Laudizi et al. Predictors of intracranial injuries in children after blunt head trauma Eur J Pediatr 165 2006 142 148
14. A.M. Dietrich, M.J. Bowman, and M.E. Ginn-Pease et al. Pediatric head injuries: can clinical factors reliably predict an abnormality on computed tomography? Ann Emerg Med 22 1993 1535 1540
15. K.S. Quayle, D.M. Jaffe, and N. Kuppermann et al. Diagnostic testing for acute head injury in children: when are head computed tomography and skull radiographs indicated? Pediatrics 9 1997 E1 E8
16. D.S. Greenes, and S.A. Schutzman Clinical indicators of intracranial injury in head-injured infants Pediatrics 104 1999 861 867
17. S.M. Atabaki, I.G. Stiell, and J.J. Bazarian et al. A clinical decision rule for cranial computed tomography in minor pediatric head trauma Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162 2008 439 445
18. M.J. Haydel, and A.D. Shembekar Prediction of intracranial injury in children aged five years and older with loss of consciousness after minor head injury due to nontrivial mechanisms Ann Emerg Med 42 2003 507 514
19. J.A. Oman, R.J. Cooper, and J.F. Holmes et al. Performance of a decision rule to predict need for computed tomography among children with blunt head trauma Pediatrics 117 2006 e238 e246
20. B.C.H. Sun, J.R. Hoffman, and W.R. Mower Evaluation of a modified prediction instrument to identify significant pediatric intracranial injury after blunt head trauma Ann Emerg Med 49 2007 325 332
21. M.H. Osmond, T.P. Klassen, and G.A. Wells et al. CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury CMAJ 82 2010 341 348
22. M.J. Palchak, J.F. Holmes, and C.W. Vance et al. A decision rule for identifying children at low risk for brain injuries after blunt head trauma Ann Emerg Med 42 2003 492 506