Background: There is no clear consensus regarding radiologic evaluation of head trauma in
young children without traumatic brain injury. We conducted a study to develop and validate …

Objectives: To validate a previously derived clinical score that uses clinical signs to
determine which head-injured infants are at risk of skull fracture. The clinical score is …

Background: Minor head trauma in young children is a major cause of emergency
department visits. Conflicting guidelines exist regarding radiologic evaluation in such cases …

BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty about which children with minor head injury need to
undergo computed tomography (CT). We sought to prospectively validate the accuracy and …

Background Head injuries in children are responsible for a large number of emergency
department visits. Failure to identify a clinically significant intracranial injury in a timely …

Objectives To develop a sensitive clinical decision rule with a high negative predictive value
for the use of cranial computed tomography (CT) in minor pediatric head trauma, to identify …

Background: There is controversy about which children with minor head injury need to
undergo computed tomography (CT). We aimed to develop a highly sensitive clinical …

Importance The appropriate treatment of children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and
intracranial injury (ICI) on computed tomographic imaging remains unclear. Evidence-based …

Importance Pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a leading cause of death and
disability. The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) guidelines …

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) for paediatric head injury (HI) exist to identify
children at risk of traumatic brain injury. Those of the highest quality are the Canadian …