Performance of a pediatric scoring rule for clinically important intra-abdominal injuries

Authors

Adam Sigal, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, PA,Follow
Traci Deaner, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital;-Tower Health, Reading, PAFollow
Elizabeth Mannarelli, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PAFollow
Alison Muller, Reading Trauma Center, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PA,Follow
Adrian Ong, Reading Trauma Center, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, West Reading, PA,Follow
Brian Lahmann, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, PAFollow
Felipe Guillen, Drexel University
Samuel Wood, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, PAFollow

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

5-2021

Abstract

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) developed a clinical decision rule (CDR) to identify pediatric patients at very low risk of clinically important intra-abdominal injury (CIIAI) following blunt trauma. The intent is to minimize the use of computed tomography (CT). Most sites involved in derivation and validation of the CDR were pediatric tertiary care facilities. We aimed to assess the performance of the CDR in a non-pediatric academic center.

Publication Title

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume

28

Issue

S1

First Page

S160

Last Page

S160

Recommended Citation

Sigal, A., Deaner, T., Mannarelli, E., Muller, A., Ong, A., Lahmann, B., Guillen, F., & Wood, S. (2021). Performance of a pediatric scoring rule for clinically important intra-abdominal injuries. Academic Emergency Medicine, 28 (S1), S160-S160. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14249