The PECARN Pediatric Head Injury/Trauma Algorithm provides the PECARN algorithm for evaluating pediatric head injury.

PECARN Pediatric Minor Head Injury CT Guidelines for Children Age <2 Years GCS <15 Palpable skull fracture AMS (agitation, somnolence, slow response, repetitive questioning)

In PECARN, each node works collaboratively with the others and with MCHB/HRSA to initiate, implement, and administer network research. Specific research projects, however, require extramural …

Using the PECARN head injury prediction rule can significantly improve the value we deliver to our patients by reducing unnecessary CT scans in children, thereby reducing radiation exposure and …

PECARN stands for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network - the first multi-institutional network funded by the US federal government. Pediatric physiology and treatment are …

Nov 4, 2025 · Part of the EMSC Program, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) is the first federally funded emergency medicine research network in the United States.

Feb 26, 2026 · Use the PECARN calculator for pediatric head injury to stratify blunt head trauma risk with age-specific predictors and support observation versus CT decisions.

The PECARN rule was developed to assist in decision making for neuroimaging in children with head trauma Studies enrolled and analyzed 42412 children (derivation and validation totals 8502 and...

Source: Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD Jr, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, Nadel FM, Monroe D, Stanley RM, Borgialli DA, Badawy MK, Schunk JE, Quayle KS, Mahajan P, Lichenstein R, …

Use the PECARN Pediatric Head Trauma Decision Calculator to assess risk and guide CT use in children with minor head injury. Evidence-based, fast, and free.