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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

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Optimizing Pediatric Trauma Care: Evidence-Based Guidance for Emergency Physicians

ACEP Now

Increasing utilization of computed tomography in the pediatric emergency department, 2000-2006. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice. Cervical spine injury patterns in children. Acad Emerg Med. Sep 2011;18(9):905-11. Emerg Radiol. Arch Dis Child.