Secondary overtriage of pediatric neurosurgical trauma at a

J Neurosurg Pediatr · Oct 2018

Secondary overtriage of pediatric neurosurgical trauma at a Level I pediatric trauma center.

The authors looked at all of the pediatric patients with a head injury who were transferred from other hospitals to their own over 12 years and tried to identify factors that would allow patients to stay closer to home at their local hospitals and not be transferred. Many patients with isolated, nondisplaced skull fractures or negative CT imaging likely could have avoided transfer. While hospitals should be cautious, this may help families stay closer to home.

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- Charles E Mackel, Brent C Morel, Jesse L Winer, Hannah G Park, Megan Sweeney, Robert S Heller, Leslie Rideout, Ron I Riesenburger, and Steven W Hwang.
- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts; and.
- J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Oct 1; 22 (4): 375-383.
AbstractThe authors looked at all of the pediatric patients with a head injury who were transferred from other hospitals to their own over 12 years and tried to identify factors that would allow patients to stay closer to home at their local hospitals and not be transferred. Many patients with isolated, nondisplaced skull fractures or negative CT imaging likely could have avoided transfer. While hospitals should be cautious, this may help families stay closer to home.

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