Evaluating age-based vital sign cutoffs for pediatric trauma: a multicenter evaluation of the Japanese trauma data bank
PALS and empirically-derived criteria outperformed ATLS in identifying children with major trauma. These findings signal an opportunity to refine vital sign thresholds in pediatric trauma triage.
Authors
- Takeru Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3496-1953)
- Jillian K. Gorski
- Mafumi Shinohara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-1223)
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Fukushima Medical University (JP)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Yokohama City University Medical Center (JP)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Wisconsin Division of Public Health (US)
- Yokohama City University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-025-02985-6
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00