Application of Brain Injury Guidelines at a Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center predicts reliability, safety, and improved resource utilization.
Sabrina L ZellerAleena KhanJoon Yong ChungJared B CooperF Dylan StewartIrim SalikJared M PisapiaPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2024)
BIG criteria can be applied to pediatric TBI with high inter-observer reliability and without formal neurosurgical training. Retrospective application of BIG predicted fewer imaging studies, ICU admissions, and neurosurgical consults without overlooking patients requiring neurosurgical intervention.
Keyphrases
- brain injury
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- end stage renal disease
- traumatic brain injury
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- high resolution
- intensive care unit
- prognostic factors
- cerebral ischemia
- peritoneal dialysis
- cross sectional
- machine learning
- mass spectrometry
- clinical practice
- mechanical ventilation
- case control