Screening Pediatric Trauma Patients for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Using the McGovern Score: A Retrospective Cohort Study
The implementation of the McGovern score into the pediatric trauma decision algorithm was associated with the detection of an increased number of BCVIs compared to the preimplementation group, with good sensitivity and specificity, but a significant increase in the use of imaging.
Authors
- Lucas P. Neff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3487-3074)
- Reyna G. Osorio
- Katherine M Riera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4792-1379)
- James J. Menegazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2294-8401)
- John K. Petty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0126-1298)
- Daniel Couture
- Adam B. Johnson
- Sidish S. Venkataraman
- Amit K. Saha
- Charlene L. Kramer
Institutions
- Pediatrics and Genetics (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003552
- Primary Topic
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00