Availability of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rule for computed tomography scanning decision in children younger than 2 years with minor head injury
Purpose Traumatic brain injury is the most common cause of pediatric injury. Although computed tomography (CT) scan is an effective modality for screening fatal craniocerebral trauma, there is growing concern about radiation exposure associated with the consequent cancer particularly in children. We...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2-2-67.pdf |