Pediatric trauma score: Is it reliable in predicting mortality?

Pedestrian injuries in children: who is most at risk?

“…(13,14) However, in the present study, a positive history of being flung and LOC showed a significant correlation with MT. This can be explained by the fact that a large amount of energy upon impact is required to fling the victim, thereby resulting in a more severe injury.…”

Pediatric Trauma Team Activation: Are We Making the Right Call?

“…This could be because of the physiologic response of children with major injury in which the acute hemodynamic decompensation can be delayed. Similar to reports by Simon et al 2 and Ballk et al, 18 in this study, 71% (10 of 14) of overtriaged patients (PTS < 8, nonmajor trauma) have weight < 10 kg. This overemphasis on patient's size in PTS could have skewed its assessment to be overconservative.…”

“…3,16 Ramenofsky et al further supported its validity with a sensitivity of 95.8% and specificity of 98.6% for PTS and mortality. 17 Although its superiority over other scoring system still remains debatable, 2,11,13,18 most investigators described PTS to be fairly reliable in predicting injury severity. However, this could not be demonstrated in our study.…”

Blunt Chest Trauma in Childhood

“…[15][16][17][18][19] It is the combination of anatomic and physiologic data, such as the weight of the patient, the condition of the airway, systolic blood pressure, central nervous system status and the existence of open injury and bone fracture. 4,[15][16][17][18][19] Potoka et al 4 and Balik et al 20 claimed that PTS had some drawbacks in evaluating the clinic of the patient. They suggested that the diagnosis of open injury is not definite, and the evaluation of the central nervous system and airway be carried out according to subjective criteria.…”