Isolated Loss of Consciousness in Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma

K. Lee, Lois; Monroe, David; C. Bachman, Michael; F. Glass, Todd; Mahajan, Prashant; Cooper, Arthur; Stanley, Rachel; Miskin, Michelle; S. Dayan, Peter; F. Holmes, James; Kuppermann, Nathan

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.361

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Isolated Loss of Consciousness in Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma

Published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine • Jul 7, 2014

Authors:

Lois K. Lee

David Monroe

Michael C. Bachman

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: A history of loss of consciousness (LOC) is frequently a driving factor for computed tomography use in the emergency department evaluation of children with blunt head trauma. Computed tomography carries a nonnegligible risk for lethal radiation-induced malignancy. The Pediatric Emergency...

Subject

Medicine

Blunt

Head trauma

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