Abstract

Investigators in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) network derived a clinical prediction rule to identify children (median age, 11 years) with acute blunt torso trauma at very low risk for having intra-abdominal injuries (IAIs) that require acute intervention. The rule's seven variables identified 197 patients of the 203 (97%) with IAIs requiring intervention. …

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