Epidemiology of minor blunt head trauma in infants younger than 3 months.
José Antonio Alonso-CadenasClara Ferrero García-LoygorriRosa María Calderón ChecaIsabel Durán HidalgoMaría José Pérez GarcíaSara Ruiz GonzálezMaria De Ceano-VivasPablo Delgado GómezMiguel Antoñón RodríguezRubén Moreno SánchezJosé Martínez HernandoCristina Muñoz LópezIrene Ortiz ValentínRaquel Jiménez-GarcíaPublished in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)
• Most cases of blunt head trauma in infants younger than 3 months have good outcomes, and the rate of clinically important traumatic brain injury is low. • Optimizing imaging studies should be a priority in this population, avoiding X-ray examinations and reducing unnecessary CT scans.
Keyphrases
- trauma patients
- dual energy
- traumatic brain injury
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- optic nerve
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- magnetic resonance imaging
- metabolic syndrome
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- case control
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- photodynamic therapy
- weight loss
- fluorescence imaging