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Emerg Med J 2001;18:234 doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.234-b
  • Letter to the Editor

Why do children vomit after head injury?

  1. Patrick A Nee
  1. Accident and Emergency Department, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR, UK

      Editor,—Fiona Brown and colleagues1 studied outcomes in 463 children and found no increase in skull fracture in the presence of post-traumatic vomiting (PTV). They concluded that “vomiting alone does not have a role in decision making regarding further investigation of skull or brain”. These conclusions …

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