Intracranial Hemorrhage in Children Younger Than 3 Years: Prediction of Intent

Objective To determine whether certain computed tomographic imaging patterns in infants and young children with intracranial hemorrhage help predict intentional compared with unintentional injuries. Design Retrospective consecutive case series over a 10-year period. Patients Two hundred ninety-three children younger than 3 years with intracranial hemorrhage. Main Outcome Measures The sensitivity and specificity of computed tomographic imaging patterns for intentional head injury. Setting Regional pediatric medical center. Results Four variables used in the multiple logistic regression analysis for predicting intentional head injury were statistically significant ( P Conclusion Computed tomographic imaging patterns of intracranial hemorrhage in children younger than 3 years help predict whether the injury was intentional.