Although some pediatric patients with small traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH) are observed without surgical drainage, clinical practice remains variable.Create a prediction rule to identify patients with EDH unlikely to fail hospital observation.Retrospective review at a level I pediatric trauma center between 2003 and 2014. Presenting clinical and radiographic features were compared between those successfully to failed observation.Two hundred twenty-two patients with EDH whose initial management strategy was observation were analyzed; 196 (88
作者：Brian F, Flaherty；Hannah E, Moore；Jay, Riva-Cambrin；Susan L, Bratton
来源：Journal of pediatric surgery 2016 年
