Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre (2013)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M. D., Lyttle, M., Cheek, J. A., Blackburn, C., Oakley, E., Ward, B., …Babl, F. E. (2013). Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(10), 790-794. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201887

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) for paediatric head injury (HI) exist to identify children at risk of traumatic brain injury. Those of the highest quality are the Canadian assessment of tomography for childhood head injury (CATCH), Children... Read More about Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre.

Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries (2012)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M., Crowe, L., Crowe, E., Dunning, J., & Babl, F. E. (2012). Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries. Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(10), 785-794. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200225

Many children present to emergency departments following head injury (HI), with a small number at risk of avoidable poor outcome. Difficulty identifying such children, coupled with increased availability of cranial CT, has led to variation in practic... Read More about Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries.