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Concussion: Inside the Emergency Department (Part 2)

Concussion: Inside the Emergency Department (Part 2)

by Erica Lee, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Jul 11, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Trauma

Welcome to Part 2 of our series on concussions. In this post, Dr. Erica Lee reviews how to make the diagnosis of concussion and manage these patients in the ED. You can review Part 1 of the series for an up-to-date definition of a concussion and Part 3 for a...
Concussion: Inside the Head (Part 1)

Concussion: Inside the Head (Part 1)

by Erica Lee, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Jun 27, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Trauma

Head injuries are commonly seen in the emergency department and a large group of these patients will subsequently be diagnosed with a concussion. In this three-part series, we will summarize the most up to date definition of a concussion (Part 1), review how to make...
Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 9, 2018 | Journal Club, Pediatrics, Trauma

Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Babl FE, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jun 17;389(10087):2393-2402. Question and Methods: This prospective observational study sought to externally validate and subsequently compare the relative performance of the PECARN, CATCH,...
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