Screening for pediatric abusive head trauma: are three variables enough? - Hymel KP, Karst W, Marinello M, Herman BE, Frazier TN, Carroll CL, Armijo-Garcia V, Musick M, Weeks K, Haney SB, Pashai A, Wang M.

BACKGROUND: The PediBIRN 4-variable clinical decision rule (CDR) detects abusive head trauma (AHT) with 96% sensitivity in pediatric intensive care (PICU) settings. Preliminary analysis of its performance in Pediatric Emergency Department settings found th...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news