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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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SGEM#266: Old Man Take a Look at the Canadian CT Head Rule I’m a Lot Like You Were

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Two of the most commonly used rules include the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and the New Orleans Criteria (NOC); other rules include NEXUS-II , the Neurotraumatology Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines, and the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee guideline.

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SGEM#331: Should Patients with a Concussion be told to Walk this Way!

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

One of the issues that comes up with minor head injuries is do we need to get advanced imaging. We looked at the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) published by Dr. Ian Stiell in the Lancet 2001 on SGEM#106. The SGEM has also covered the issue of getting CT scans in pediatric patients with minor head injuries.

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SGEM#362: Screen Time – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – But Should I Post-Concussion?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

An issue that often comes up with minor head injuries is do we need to get advanced imaging. A paper by Dr. Ian Stiell and his group gave us a tool to help us decide who to scan with the now infamous clinical decision instrument called the Canadian CT Head Rule [1].