Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

Babl, Franz E.; Borland, Meredith L.; Cheek, John A.; Lyttle, Mark D.; Dalziel, Stuart R.; Phillips, Natalie; Kochar, Amit; Dalton, Sarah; McCaskill, Mary; Gilhotra, Yuri; Furyk, Jeremy; Neutze, Jocelyn; Bressan, Silvia; Donath, Susan; Molesworth, Charlotte; Jachno, Kim; Ward, Brenton; Dalziel, Stuart; Williams, Amanda; Baylis, Amy; Crowe, Louise; Oakley, Ed

Abstract

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Background Clinical decision rules can help to determine the need for CT imaging in children with head injuries. We aimed to validate three clinical decision rules (PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE) in a large sample of children. Methods In this prospective observational study, we included children and adolescents (aged

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 7, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Apr 11, 2017
• Publication Date: Jun 17, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 11, 2017
• Journal: The Lancet
• Print ISSN: 0140-6736
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-547X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 389
• Issue: 10087
• Pages: 2393-2402
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2817%2930555-X
• Keywords: paediatric head injury, clinical decision rule, CT scan
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/885100
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30555-X
• Contract Date: May 9, 2017