Derivation and Validation of a Simplified Clinical Prediction Rule for Identifying Children at Increased Risk for Clinically Important Traumatic Brain Injuries Following Minor Blunt Head Trauma

• Main Authors: Callum Rowe, MD (Author), Kathryn Wiesendanger, BS (Author), Conner Polet, MD (Author), Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH (Author), Stephen Aronoff, MD, MBA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To develop a simplified clinical prediction tool for identifying children with clinically important traumatic brain injuries (ciTBIs) after minor blunt head trauma by applying machine learning to the previously reported Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network dataset. Study desi...