José Antonio Alonso-Cadenas, Rosa María Calderón Checa, Arístides Rivas García, Isabel Durán Hidalgo, Marta Cabrero Hernández, Sara Ruiz González, María José Pérez García, Maria De Ceano-Vivas, Pablo Delgado Gómez, Miguel Antoñón Rodríguez, Rubén Moreno Sánchez, José Martínez Hernando, Cristina Muñoz López, Irene Ortiz Valentín, Raquel Jiménez García
UNLABELLED: Infants < 3 months with minor head trauma (MHT) are a particularly vulnerable group, though few studies have focused specifically on these patients. We aimed to evaluate the application of the PECARN prediction rule, designed for clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) in children < 2 years in infants < 3 months, and create a specific prediction rule for this population. We conducted a prospective multicenter observational study in 13 pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in Spain...
January 2023: European Journal of Pediatrics