TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Minor Head Trauma A1 - Mahajan, Prashant A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Although minor head injury is a frequent reason for emergency department (ED) visits by children, clinically significant traumatic brain injury (TBI) is uncommon.Clinical decision rules are available to aid the identification of mildly head-injured children not requiring a computed tomography (CT) scan.A concussion is a trauma-induced transient disturbance of brain function.The emergency physician should recommend full physical and cognitive rest and prompt medical follow-up of all children who have sustained a concussion. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155167561 ER -