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Table 2 Performance of the PECARN clinical decision rules by age and combinated

From: Validation of the PECARN clinical decision rule for children with minor head trauma: a French multicenter prospective study

 

ciTBI

Sensitivity

Specificity

Negative predictive value

Positive predictive value

PECARN ciTBI risk group

Yes

No

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

Children <2 years

 Intermediate or high risk

3

151

100 (29–100)

64 (59–69)

100 (99–100)

2 (0–6)

 Very low risk

0

267

    

Children ≥2 years

 Intermediate or high risk

6

298

100 (54–100)

72 (69–75)

100 (99–100)

2 (1–4)

 Very low risk

0

774

    

Overall

 Intermediate or high risk

9

449

100 (66–100)

70 (68–72)

100 (99–100)

2 (1–4)

 Very low risk

0

1041

    
  1. ciTBI clinically-important traumatic brain injury, PECARN Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, CI confidence interval