CATCH Rule for Pediatric Head Injury

CT recommended if any high-risk criterion or ≥2 medium-risk criteria (teaching).

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Select all that apply:

High-risk criteria

GCS <15 at 2 hours after injury Suspected open or depressed skull fracture Signs of basal skull fracture Worst headache Irritability on assessment Dangerous mechanism Amnesia >30 minutes before assessment ≥2 episodes of vomiting

Medium-risk criteria

Fall >3 ft (0.9 m) or ≥5 stairs Non-frontal scalp hematoma LOC >1 minute at scene Severe mechanism of injury Amnesia before assessment <30 minutes

CATCH

Erlaeuterung

CATCH guides CT use in children with minor head injury.

Grenzen

Does not replace clinician judgment or institutional pediatric protocols.

Nur zu Lehrzwecken – nicht fuer Diagnose oder Therapieentscheidungen.

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