The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Does pneumocephalus affect the application of the pediatric brain injury guidelines?
Anastasia M Kahan, Kimble W Mahler, River Stevenson, Sommer L Glasgow, Christopher E Clinker, Jack H Scaife, Aidyn K Eldredge, Hsuan-Yu Wan, Annika B Kay, Vijay M Ravindra, Zachary J Kastenberg, Robert A Swendiman, Katie W Russell
Published: 202610.1097/TA.0000000000004909
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The pediatric brain injury guidelines (kBIG) are a newly established clinical triage tool for managing pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). However, the kBIG classification does not include pneumocephalus, raising uncertainty about…
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