Pediatric Trauma BIG Score
Stratifies severity of illness and predicts mortality in pediatric patients after trauma.
INSTRUCTIONS
Use on admission in pediatric patients <18 years old who have sustained blunt or penetrating trauma or penetrating blast injury. Use lab values obtained on admission.
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Dr. Matthew A. Borgman
About the creator
Matthew A. Borgman, MD, is a pediatric critical care physician at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston. He was previously an assistant professor in the pediatrics department at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Borgman's research interests include pediatric trauma and trauma resuscitation simulation.
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