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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    Palchak (UC Davis) Rule for Pediatric Head Trauma

    Identifies children at low risk for brain injuries after blunt head trauma.

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    Note: We recommend using PECARN over other pediatric head trauma rules, as it is the most widely validated.
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    Dr. Michael J. Palchak

    About the Creator

    Michael J. Palchak, MD, is an emergency medicine physician at Sutter Davis Hospital in Emeryville, California. He has been in practice for 20 years. Dr. Palchak’s primary research interest is management of pediatric blunt head trauma.

    To view Dr. Michael J. Palchak's publications, visit PubMed

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    MDCalc loves calculator creators – researchers who, through intelligent and often complex methods, discover tools that describe scientific facts that can then be applied in practice. These are real scientific discoveries about the nature of the human body, which can be invaluable to physicians taking care of patients.
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    MDCalc loves calculator creators – researchers who, through intelligent and often complex methods, discover tools that describe scientific facts that can then be applied in practice. These are real scientific discoveries about the nature of the human body, which can be invaluable to physicians taking care of patients.
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