Pittsburgh Infant Brain Injury Score
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Clinical significance
- history is unreliable
- physical examination findings are insensitive
- abusive head trauma is difficult to diagnose
Procedure
- abnormal skin exam (2 points)
- age >= 3 months (1 point)
- head circumference > 85th percentile (1 point)
- serum hemoglobin < 11.2 g/dL (1 point)
More general terms
References
- ↑ Berger RP, Fromkin J, Herman B et al. Validation of the Pittsburgh Infant brain Injury score for abusive head trauma. Pediatrics 2016 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27338699 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/1/e20153756