Performance of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale Score in the Evaluation of Children With Blunt Head Trauma

Borgialli, Dominic; Mahajan, Prashant; D. Hoyle, John; C. Powell, Elizabeth; M. Nadel, Frances; G. Tunik, Michael; Foerster, Adele; Dong, Lydia; Miskin, Michelle; S. Dayan, Peter; F. Holmes, James; Kuppermann, Nathan

doi:10.1111/acem.13014

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Performance of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale Score in the Evaluation of Children With Blunt Head Trauma

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine • May 21, 2016

Authors:

Dominic Borgialli

Prashant Mahajan

John D. Hoyle

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to compare the accuracy of the pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score in preverbal children to the standard GCS score in older children for identifying those with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) after blunt head trauma. METHODS: This was a planned secondary analysis of...

Subject

Medicine

Glasgow Coma Scale

Head trauma

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