Mild traumatic brain injury in children is associated with a low risk for posttraumatic seizures.

OBJECT Of the 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the US, a third occur in patients under 14 years of age. The rate of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) may be as high as 19% after severe pediatric TBI, but the risk for seizures after mild TBI is unknown.

Clinical outcome of children with suspected shunt malfunction evaluated in the emergency department.

Background: Patients with cerebrospinal fluid shunts frequently present to the emergency department (ED) with suspected shunt malfunction. The outcome of those patients who were discharged from ED when shunt malfunction was deemed unlikely has not been previously documented.

Objective: To demonstrate there is no increase in severity or likelihood of harm for patients who are discharged directly from the ED after adequate evaluation, as compared to patients who were selected for inpatient hospitalization.