Journal article

Paediatric abusive head trauma in the emergency department: A multicentre prospective cohort study

FE Babl, H Pfeiffer, P Kelly, SR Dalziel, E Oakley, ML Borland, A Kochar, S Dalton, JA Cheek, Y Gilhotra, J Furyk, MD Lyttle, S Bressan, S Donath, SJC Hearps, A Smith, L Crowe

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2020

Abstract

Aim: Abusive head trauma (AHT) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We aimed to describe characteristics of cases where clinicians suspected AHT and confirmed AHT cases and describe how they differed. Methods: This was a planned secondary analysis of a prospective multicentre cohort study of head injured children aged <18 years across five centres in Australia and New Zealand. We identified cases of suspected AHT when emergency department clinicians raised suspicion on a clinical report form or based on research assistant-assigned epidemiology codes. Cases were categorised as AHT positive, negative and indeterminate after multidisciplinary review. Suspected and confirmed AHT and ..

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Awarded by Murdoch Children's Research Institute


Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the participating families and ED staff at participating sites. We thank research staff from the participating sites. The study was funded by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (project grant GNT1046727, Centre of Research Excellence for Paediatric Emergency Medicine GNT1058560), Canberra, Australia; the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMPJ-11162), Brisbane, Australia; Perpetual Philanthropic Services (2012/1140), Australia; Auckland Medical Research Foundation (No. 3112011) and the A + Trust (Auckland District Health Board), Auckland, New Zealand; WA Health Targeted Research Funds 2013, Perth, Australia; and the Townsville Hospital and Health Service Private Practice Research and Education Trust Fund, Townsville, Australia and was supported by the Victorian Go~vernment's Infrastructure Support Program, Melbourne, Australia. FE Babl's time was partly funded by a grant from the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation and a Melbourne Children's Clinician Scientist Fellowship, Melbourne, Australia, and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship, Canberra, Australia. Stuart R Dalziel's time was partly funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC13/556).