Accuracy of NEXUS II head injury decision rule in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study

Babl, Franz E; Oakley, Ed; Dalziel, Stuart R; Borland, Meredith L; Phillips, Natalie; Kochar, Amit; Dalton, Sarah; Cheek, John Alexander; Gilhotra, Yuri; Furyk, Jeremy; Neutze, Jocelyn; Donath, Susan; Hearps, Stephen; Crowe, Louise M; Arpone, Marta; Bressan, Silvia; Lyttle, Mark D

Abstract

© 2019 Author(s). Objective The National Emergency X-Radiography Utilisation Study II (NEXUS II) clinical decision rule (CDR) can be used to optimise the use of CT in children with head trauma. We set out to externally validate this CDR in a large cohort. Methods We performed a prospective observational study of patients aged

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 24, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Aug 20, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 22, 2018
• Journal: Emergency Medicine Journal
• Print ISSN: 1472-0205
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-0213
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 4-11
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207435
• Keywords: head injury, paediatric, nexus
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/852887
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207435
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published version is available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207435.
• Contract Date: Oct 22, 2018