RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Headache in paediatric head injury
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 889
OP 889
DO 10.1136/emj.2005.031724
VO 22
IS 12
A1 Jacobs, Michelle
A1 Maconochie, Ian
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/12/889.1.abstract
AB A short cut review was carried out to establish whether headache was a significant indicator of the severity of head injury in children. 301 papers were found using the reported searches, of which 2 presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date, and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that headache is not an independent risk factor for intracranial injury in children.