The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network intermediate-risk predictors were not associated with scanning decisions for minor head injuries

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-52

  Bressan, Silvia ^a,d   Steiner, Ivan P ^c   Mion, Teresa ^a   Berlese, Paola ^a   Romanato, Sabrina ^a   Da Dalt, Liviana ^a,b  

^a Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Department of Women's and Children's Health ^*  (Italy)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Clinically important traumatic brain injury; Computed tomography scan; Minor head injury; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ALGORITHM; BRAIN INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84920097786     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12797     Document Type: Article

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