@article{5fc4aaa12499438798dd2631ed97bb37,
title = "Emergency Department Implementation of the Brain Trauma Foundation's Pediatric Severe Brain Injury Guideline Recommendations",
abstract = "The {"}Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines{"}published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in 2019 provides new and updated recommendations applicable to the emergency department management of children with severe traumatic brain injury. Practice-changing takeaways include specific recommendations for administration of 3% hypertonic saline, administration of seizure prophylaxis, and avoiding hyperventilation. ",
keywords = "hypertonic saline, hyperventillation, neurocritical, traumatic brain injury",
author = "Angela Lumba-Brown and Annette Totten and Kochanek, {Patrick M.}",
note = "Funding Information: From the *Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford Brain Performance Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; †Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; and ‡Department of Critical Care Medicine, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Disclosure: This study was supported, in part, by the US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Contracting Division, through a contract awarded to Stanford University (W911 QY-14-C-0086) and a subcontract awarded to Oregon Health and Science University. Prior editions were supported, in part, by funding from multiple sources through the Brain Trauma Foundation. Reprints: Angela Lumba-Brown, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 900 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305 (e‐mail: alumba@stanford.edu). Copyright {\textcopyright} 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN: 0749-5161 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/PEC.0000000000001903",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "E239--E241",
journal = "Pediatric Emergency Care",
issn = "0749-5161",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "4",
}