Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 325-332.e1 , March 2007

Evaluation of a Modified Prediction Instrument to Identify Significant Pediatric Intracranial Injury After Blunt Head Trauma

  • Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (Sun)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Benjamin C. Sun, MD, MPP, Mail Stop 111, Building 500, Wing 3E, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073; 310-268-3002, fax 310-268-4818
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  • Jerome R. Hoffman, MA, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine Center (Hoffman, Mower), University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • William R. Mower, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine Center (Hoffman, Mower), University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Received 9 June 2006 ,Revised 9 August 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCE

 Author contributions: BCS, JRH, and WRM conceived the study. JRH and WRM obtained funding for this study and were responsible for data collection. BCS performed the data analysis and drafted the article. All authors contributed substantially to article revisions. BCS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: This study was supported in part by the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (Sun) and grant RO1 HS09699 (Mower).

 Reprints not available from authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02152-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.032

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 325-332.e1 , March 2007

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