—Researchers examined the diagnostic accuracy of the PECARN rule in detecting bacteremia or bacterial meningitis in infants aged ≤28 days. Results showed high sensitivity and lower specificity, but ...

Fear of bacterial meningitis in febrile infants may lead to more diagnostic lumbar punctures than necessary. Using the PECARN rule to assess invasive bacterial infection delivered a sensitivity of ...

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 4 Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 5 Department of ...

A simple combination of blood and urine tests may allow many infants with fevers (febrile) to safely avoid lumbar punctures (spinal taps), according to new findings from a major international study ...

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – While cervical spine injuries (CSI) are uncommon in children, they can be potentially devastating, resulting in quadriplegia – paralysis below the neck affecting both arms and both ...

Head and abdominal trauma is a leading cause of death for children. About 1%–2% of children who come to emergency departments with head or abdominal injuries require immediate intervention. These ...

Delivering high-quality emergency care for kids may mean fewer CT scans, according to a new study. The research validates intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules ...

In a linked paper, Gravel and colleagues have developed and validated a clinical decision rule for the use of radiologic evaluation to identify skull fracture in young children following an isolated ...

New evidence from a six-country study led by the Montreal Children's Hospital and Children's National Hospital shows simple blood and urine tests could spare many young infants with fevers from more ...

New evidence from a six-country study led by the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Hospital shows simple blood and urine tests could spare many young infants with fevers from more ...