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. 2016 Aug 4;24:98. doi: 10.1186/s13049-016-0287-3

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Fig. 1 — PECARN rules for children: (a) younger than 2 years, (b) aged 2 years and older. GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ciTBI clinically-important traumatic brain injury, CT computed tomography, LOC loss of consciousness. † Severe mechanism of injury: motor vehicle crash with patient ejection, death of another passenger, or rollover; pedestrian or bicyclist without helmet struck by a motorized vehicle; fall of more than 0.9 m for children younger than 2 years, or more than 1.5 m for children aged 2 years and older; or head struck by a high-impact object