Research priorities for a multi-center child abuse network: Lessons learned from pediatric emergency medicine networks

Abusive and Nonabusive Traumatic Brain Injury: Different Diseases, Not Just Different Intent

“…For these reasons, traditional diagnostic approaches that are highly successful for other forms of TBI are not recommended for AHT. 18,19 In centers without access to rapid MRI, cost-effectiveness analysis supported screening with the Pittsburgh Infant Brain Injury Score and a relatively low threshold for imaging in children with high-risk complaints. 17,20 Their overall conclusion is clear: the need for secondary prevention implies a much lower testing threshold for AHT than other forms of TBI.…”