A multi-center collaborative network for emergency medicine research at Kaiser Permanente.
Clinically Important TBI Definition
Clinically-important traumatic brain injury in the PECARN minor blunt head trauma study was defined as meeting any of the following:
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Neurosurgical intervention for traumatic brain injury including intracranial pressure monitoring, elevation of depressed skull fracture, ventriculostomy placement, intracranial hematoma evacuation, lobectomy, tissue debridement, dura repair, or other neurosurgical procedure
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Intubation of more than 24 hours for traumatic brain injury
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Hospital admission of 2 nights or more for the traumatic brain injury in association with traumatic brain injury on CT
- Death from traumatic brain injury
Adapted with permission from Kuppermann, N. 2012, from Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. Lancet 2009;374:1160-70.