Evaluation of the PECARN rule for traumatic brain injury applied to infants younger than 3 months and creation of a modified, age-specific rule.
José Antonio Alonso-CadenasRosa María Calderón ChecaArístides Rivas GarcíaIsabel Durán HidalgoMarta Cabrero HernándezSara Ruiz GonzálezMaría José Pérez GarcíaMaria De Ceano-VivasPablo Delgado GómezMiguel Antoñón RodríguezRubén Moreno SánchezJosé Martínez HernandoCristina Muñoz LópezIrene Ortiz ValentínRaquel Jiménez GarcíaPublished in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)
• PECARN rule for infants < 2 years old is an adequate tool with which to identify infants < 3 months old at low risk for clinically important traumatic brain injury. • Spanish rule could identify even more low-risk infants without overlooking important outcomes but it should be validated to confirm its predictive capacity.