Meredith L. Borland
Delayed presentations to emergency departments of children with head injury: A PREDICT study
Borland, Meredith L.; Dalziel, Stuart R.; Phillips, Natalie; Lyttle, Mark D.; Bressan, Silvia; Oakley, Ed; Hearps, Stephen J.C.; Kochar, Amit; Furyk, Jeremy; Cheek, John A.; Neutze, Jocelyn; Gilhotra, Yuri; Dalton, Sarah; Babl, Franz E.
Authors
Stuart R. Dalziel
Natalie Phillips
Mark Lyttle mark.lyttle@uwe.ac.uk
Silvia Bressan
Ed Oakley
Stephen J.C. Hearps
Amit Kochar
Jeremy Furyk
John A. Cheek
Jocelyn Neutze
Yuri Gilhotra
Sarah Dalton
Franz E. Babl
Abstract
© 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians Study objective: Existing clinical decision rules guide management for head-injured children presenting 24 hours or sooner after injury, even though some may present greater than 24 hours afterward. We seek to determine the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries for patients presenting to emergency departments greater than 24 hours after injury and identify symptoms and signs to guide management. Methods: This was a planned secondary analysis of the Australasian Paediatric Head Injury Rule Study, concentrating on first presentations greater than 24 hours after injury, with Glasgow Coma Scale scores 14 and 15. We sought associations with predictors of traumatic brain injury on computed tomography (CT) and clinically important traumatic brain injury. Results: Of 19,765 eligible children, 981 (5.0%) presented greater than 24 hours after injury, and 465 injuries (48.5%) resulted from falls less than 1 m and 37 (3.8%) involved traffic incidents. Features associated significantly with presenting greater than 24 hours after injury in comparison with presenting within 24 hours were nonfrontal scalp hematoma (20.8% versus 18.1%), headache (31.6% versus 19.9%), vomiting (30.0% versus 16.3%), and assault with nonaccidental injury concerns (1.4% versus 0.4%). Traumatic brain injury on CT occurred in 37 patients (3.8%), including suspicion of depressed skull fracture (8 [0.8%]) and intracranial hemorrhage (31 [3.8%]). Clinically important traumatic brain injury occurred in 8 patients (0.8%), with 2 (0.2%) requiring neurosurgery, with no deaths. Suspicion of depressed skull fracture was associated with traumatic brain injury on CT consistently, with the only other significant factor being nonfrontal scalp hematoma (odds ratio 19.0; 95% confidence interval 8.2 to 43.9). Clinically important traumatic brain injury was also associated with nonfrontal scalp hematoma (odds ratio 11.7; 95% confidence interval 2.4 to 58.6) and suspicion of depressed fracture (odds ratio 19.7; 95% confidence interval 2.1 to 182.1). Conclusion: Delayed presentation after head injury, although infrequent, is significantly associated with traumatic brain injury. Evaluation of delayed presentations must consider identified factors associated with this increased risk.
Citation
Borland, M. L., Dalziel, S. R., Phillips, N., Lyttle, M. D., Bressan, S., Oakley, E., …Babl, F. E. (2019). Delayed presentations to emergency departments of children with head injury: A PREDICT study. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 74(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.11.035
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 11, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 14, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Feb 14, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 15, 2020 |
Journal | Annals of Emergency Medicine |
Print ISSN | 0196-0644 |
Electronic ISSN | 1097-6760 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 74 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1-10 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.11.035 |
Keywords | head injury, paediatric, delayed presentation |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/853961 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.11.035 |
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