Effect of the Head Computed Tomography Choice Decision Aid in Parents of Children With Minor Head Trauma: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network prediction rules for minor head trauma identify children at very low, intermediate, and high risk of clinically important traumatic brain injuries (ciTBIs) and recommend no computed tomography (CT) for those at very low risk. However, the prediction rules provide little guidance in the choice of home observation or CT in children at intermediate risk for ciTBI.

Objective

To compare a decision aid with usual care in parents of children at intermediate risk for ciTBI.

Design, settings, and participants

This cluster randomized trial was conducted in 7 geographically diverse US emergency departments (EDs) from April 1, 2014, to September 30, 2016. Eligible participants were emergency clinicians, children age

SUBMITTER: Hess EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324506 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature