Blunt cerebrovascular Injury

 

BCVI, Blunt cerebrovascular injury

References

1. Miller, P. et al.  Prospective Screening for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Analysis of DIagnostic Modalities and Outcomes.  Annals of Surgery.  Vol 235, No3: 386-395.

2. Nickoles, T.  et al.  Diagnostic accuracy of screening tools for pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury:  An ATOMAC multicenter  study.  J Trauma, 2022.  95 (3).

3. Biffl, W.L., et al.  Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: screening for and treatment of blunt cerebrovascaulr injuries.  J Trauma, 2009. 67 (6): p. 1150-3.

4. Petty, John, et al. "Blunt Cerebrovascular Trauma." Pediatric Surgery NaT, American Pediatric Surgical Association, 2020. Pediatric Surgery Library, www.pedsurglibrary.com/apsa/view/Pediatric-Surgery-NaT/829577/all/Blunt_Cerebrovascular_Trauma.

Disclaimer

These guidelines are not intended as a directive or to present a definitive statement of the applicable standard of patient care.  They are offered as an approach for quality assurance and risk management and are subject to (1) revision as warranted by the continuing evaluation of technology and practice; (2) the overall individual professional discretion and judgment of the treating provider in a given patient circumstance; and (3) the patient’s willingness to follow the recommended treatment.