NYMC Faculty Publications
Big for Small: Validating Brain Injury Guidelines in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Journal Title
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
First Page
1200
Last Page
1204
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2017
Department
Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Brain injury guidelines (BIG) were developed to reduce overutilization of neurosurgical consultation (NC) as well as computed tomography (CT) imaging. Currently, BIG have been successfully applied to adult populations, but the value of implementing these guidelines among pediatric patients remains unassessed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the established BIG (BIG-1 category) for managing pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) without NC (no-NC). METHODS: We prospectively implemented the BIG-1 category (normal neurologic examination, ICH
Recommended Citation
Azim, A., Jehan, F., Rhee, P., O'Keeffe, T., Tang, A., Vercruysse, G., Kulvatunyou, N., Latifi, R., & Joseph, B. (2017). Big for Small: Validating Brain Injury Guidelines in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 83 (6), 1200-1204. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001611
