Current controversies in the management of minor pediatric head injuries

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury In Children: Practice Guidelines For Emergency Department and Hospitalized Patients

“…Moreover, the logistical complexities inherent in performing MRI on trauma patients have relegated MRI to a secondary role in the management of acute head injury. 12 Therefore, MRI is intentionally omitted from the proposed ED MTBI clinical pathway.…”

The scope of early traumatic brain injury as a long-term health concern in two nationwide samples: Prevalence and prognostic factors

“…Emergency personnel have to rely on clinical signs, cerebral Computed Tomography (CT) findings and other indicators of acute severity that may not accurately reflect the extent, nature and prognosis of injury. Medically estimating the acute severity of TBI is especially challenging in infancy and early childhood, when clinical signs are less marked and responses to trauma differ from those of older individuals [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

Identifying children and adolescents with cognitive dysfunction following mild traumatic brain injury—Preliminary findings on abbreviated neuropsychological testing

“…When considering only school-aged children (6-16 years) sustaining a concussion in school, the reported annual incidence of 135 cases per 100 000 is still high [4]. Therefore, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) in children and adolescents is a frequent incident and its appropriate management a relevant and still controversially discussed issue in paediatric healthcare [5][6][7][8][9].…”