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The Effect of Patient Observation on Cranial Computed Tomography Rates in Children With Minor Head Trauma

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Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for cranial computed tomography (CT). Our objective was to estimate the effect… Click to show full abstract

Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for cranial computed tomography (CT). Our objective was to estimate the effect of planned observation on CT use for each Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) traumatic brain injury (TBI) risk group among children with minor head trauma.

Keywords: children minor; observation; cranial computed; head trauma

Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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