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References from CT Use for Pediatric Mild Brain Injuries by Hospital Type: 2017 to 2023. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Emergency department visits for head trauma in the United States
10.1186/s12873-016-0071-8 · 2016 · External reference
Utilization of head CT during injury visits to United States emergency departments: 2012–2015
10.1016/j.ajem.2018.05.018 · 2018 · External reference
Computed tomography—an increasing source of radiation exposure
10.1056/nejmra072149 · 2007 · External reference
The use of computed tomography in pediatrics and the associated radiation exposure and estimated cancer risk
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.311 · 2013 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2017 · External reference
Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60815-0 · 2012 · External reference
Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study
10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61558-0 · 2009 · External reference
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice
10.1136/archdischild-2013-305004 · 2014 · External reference
Trends in emergent head computed tomography utilization for minor head trauma after implementation of a clinical pathway
10.1097/pec.0000000000001728 · 2021 · External reference
Computed tomography utilization in the management of children with mild head trauma
2023 · External reference
Emergency department clinical pathway for the evaluation/treatment of children with acute head trauma. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
External reference
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline on the diagnosis and management of mild traumatic brain injury among children
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2853 · 2018 · External reference
Application of brain injury guidelines at a pediatric level 1 trauma center predicts reliability, safety, and improved resource utilization
10.1007/s00381-024-06489-3 · 2024 · External reference
Variation in utilization of computed tomography imaging at tertiary pediatric hospitals
10.1542/peds.2015-1671 · 2015 · External reference
Pediatricians as case managers reduce the exposure to computerized tomography in children experiencing minor head trauma
10.1097/pec.0000000000002143 · 2021 · External reference
Emergency department practice variation in computed tomography use for children with minor blunt head trauma
10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.08.008 · 2014 · External reference
CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury
10.1503/cmaj.091421 · 2010 · External reference
Mortality in adolescent trauma: a comparison of children’s, mixed and adult major trauma centres
10.1136/emermed-2020-210384 · 2021 · External reference
Pediatric vs adult or mixed trauma centers in children admitted to hospitals following trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34266 · 2023 · External reference
National Trauma Data Bank: trauma quality programs participant use file
2025 · External reference
Practical guide to surgical data sets: National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0483 · 2018 · External reference
AIS 2005: a contemporary injury scale
10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.009 · 2006 · External reference
The influence of patient race on the use of diagnostic imaging in United States emergency departments: data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care survey
10.1186/s12913-020-05698-1 · 2020 · External reference
Trends in head CT use in US emergency department patients from 2007 to 2022: a nationwide analysis
10.1212/wnl.0000000000214347 · 2025 · External reference
Variation in emergency department head computed tomography use for pediatric head trauma
10.1111/acem.12458 · 2014 · External reference
Diagnosis and acute management of patients with concussion at children’s hospitals
10.1136/archdischild-2012-303588 · 2013 · External reference
Overuse of computed tomography for mild head injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1371/journal.pone.0293558 · 2024 · External reference
Effect of the duration of emergency department observation on computed tomography use in children with minor blunt head trauma
10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.020 · 2013 · External reference
Association between trauma center type and mortality among injured adolescent patients
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0805 · 2016 · External reference
Size matters: a meta-analysis on the impact of hospital size on patient mortality
10.1111/j.1744-1609.2012.00264.x · 2012 · External reference
Severe traumatic brain injuries in children: does the type of trauma center matter?
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.09.017 · 2018 · External reference
Occult head injury in children less than 2 years with suspected child abuse in the emergency department
10.1097/pec.0000000000001187 · 2019 · External reference
Pediatric hospitalizations at rural and urban teaching and nonteaching hospitals in the US, 2009–2019
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31807 · 2023 · External reference
Association between emergency department computed tomography utilization rate and patient satisfaction: a clinician level analysis across a regional healthcare system
2024 · External reference
The association between hospital type and mortality among critically ill children in US EDs
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.07.032 · 2013 · External reference
Contemporary performance of U.S. teaching and nonteaching hospitals
10.1097/acm.0b013e318253676a · 2012 · External reference
Effect of the head computed tomography choice decision aid in parents of children with minor head trauma: a cluster randomized trial
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.2430 · External reference
Management of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury patients: S100b, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and heart fatty-acid-binding-protein promising biomarkers
2024 · External reference
