Trauma Archives

JournalFeed: Teen Trauma – Pediatric vs Adult Trauma Center Outcomes

Spoon Feed In children aged 12 to 16 years with traumatic injury, admission to a pediatric trauma center was not associated with improved hospital mortality compared to admission to an adult trauma center. Are adolescents just big kids? Or small adults?While evidence has shown that organized trauma systems can reduce mortality and morbidity in injured children, […]

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JournalFeed: PECARN Torso Trauma Rule – Worst Risk Factors

Spoon Feed In a large cohort of children, the risk of intraabdominal injury (IAI) with one or two PECARN variables is low, with GCS <14 at highest risk. Refining CT use in pediatric blunt torso traumaA 2013 PECARN study derived a clinical prediction rule to identify children with blunt torso trauma who are at very low