National study provides insights into childhood head injuries
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 · Posted by University of California, Davis
This week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine features an article that highlights an unprecedented analysis of the nation’s childhood head injuries. The study, authored by physicians at UC Davis School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine, analyzed more than 43,000 children who were evaluated for head trauma at 25 emergency departments around the United States.
"Incidental findings" rare but significant events in pediatric CT scans
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 · Posted by University of California- Davis
The largest study of computed tomographic (CT) scans taken in emergency departments across the country for children with head injuries describes the prevalence of “incidental findings” — results that were not expected from the injury — and categorizes them by urgency.