PECARN Rule in diagnostic process of pediatric patients with minor head trauma in emergency department.

Alessandro GambacortaMarianna MoroAntonietta CuratolaFederica BrancatoMarcello CovinoAntonio ChiarettiAntonio Gatto

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

• We demonstrate the safety and validity of the PR with 100% sensitivity in both age groups in identifying patients with ciTBI. • In our setting, the application of PECARN Rule would theoretically have allowed us to reduce the CT scan by 29%.

Keyphrases

emergency department
computed tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
optic nerve
magnetic resonance imaging
trauma patients
magnetic resonance
adverse drug