PECARN Pediatric Head Injury Prediction Rule

Identifies children with blunt head trauma who are at very low risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) and may not need CT imaging.

Only for <2 years group

Only for >=2 years group

MVC with death, rollover, ejection; pedestrian/bicyclist without helmet; fall >3 ft (>5 ft for >=2 years); head struck by high-impact object

Only for >=2 years group

Only for <2 years group

Only for <2 years group; occipital, parietal, temporal hematoma

Only for >=2 years group

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