Epidemiology of blunt head trauma in children in U.S. emergency departments.

Quayle, Kimberly S; Powell, Elizabeth C; Mahajan, Prashant; Hoyle, John D; Nadel, Frances M; Badawy, Mohamed K; Schunk, Jeff E; Stanley, Rachel M et al. · N Engl J Med · 2014

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Among more than 43,000 children treated in 25 emergency departments for blunt head trauma, traumatic brain injury was identified on CT scan in 7% of the patients. Falls were the most frequent injury mechanism for children under the age of 12 years.

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