Comparison of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE rules for children with minor head injury: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Easter, Joshua S ^a,b,c,d   Bakes, Katherine ^a,b   Dhaliwal, Jasmeet ^a   Miller, Michael ^a   Caruso, Emily ^a,b   Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b,e  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Mary's Hospital Richmond   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN ASSESSMENT OF TOMOGRAPHY FOR CHILDHOOD HEAD INJURY; CHILD; CHILDREN HEAD INJURY ALGORITHM FOR THE PREDICTION OF IMPORTANT CLINICAL EVENTS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905026564     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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