Traumatic brain injury detection performance of the infant scalp score in children younger than 2 years in the pediatric emergency department.
Songül Tomar GüneysuOkşan Derinöz GüleryüzEce KürklüAyla Akca ÇağlarÖzlem ÇolakPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
Children with ISS scores of ≥ 5 were noted to have increased rates of both TBI and ciTBI. CHI related scalp hematomas located in the temporal/parietal region or with a size greater than 3 cm were associated with increased rates of TBI. Within the context of this study, ISS scores of 4 or less represented a lower risk for TBI and ciTBI. Future research on this potentially low risk pediatric CHI cohort is needed.