Lynne Moore, Anis Ben Abdeljelil, Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Roger Zemek, Nick Reed, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Isabelle J Gagnon, Natalie Yanchar, Mélanie Bérubé, Jennifer Dawson, Simon Berthelot, Antonia Stang, Suzanne Beno, Emilie Beaulieu, Alexis F Turgeon, Melanie Labrosse, François Lauzier, Ian Pike, Alison Macpherson, Gabrielle C Freire
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Our primary objectives were to identify clinical practice guideline recommendations for children with acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) presenting to an emergency department (ED), appraise their overall quality, and synthesize the quality of evidence and the strength of included recommendations. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central, Web of Science, and medical association websites from January 2012 to May 2023 for clinical practice guidelines with at least 1 recommendation targeting pediatric mTBI populations presenting to the ED within 48 hours of injury for any diagnostic or therapeutic intervention in the acute phase of care (ED and inhospital)...
April 2024: Annals of Emergency Medicine