Identifying skull fracture in young children: a clinical decision rule

Interview with Dr. Jocelyn Gravel, pediatric emergency physician and research director at Sainte-Justine hospital in Montreal. In a research article published in CMAJ, Dr. Gravel and colleagues derived and validated a clinical decision rule to identify skull fracture following minor head trauma in young children. The rule should make it possible to identify about 90% of skull fractures in young children with mild head trauma and reduce the use of radiologic investigations by about 60% compared with current practice. Full article: https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.150540To request a transcript of this podcast, contact cmajgroup@cmaj.ca

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