Pediatric emergency
Pediatric rules for trauma, dehydration, appendicitis, shock, febrile infants, meningitis and triage.
This collection brings together 18 pediatric tools related to pediatric emergency, including clinical descriptions, validation status, references and calculators when active.
Covers head injury, febrile infants, dehydration, appendicitis, shock and triage. PECARN, CATCH and CHALICE retain their own entry and exclusion criteria and are not presented as interchangeable rules.
Featured tools
How to use this category
Tools are grouped by clinical area to make them easier to discover, while each page retains its own population, purpose, evidence level and limitations. Before using a score or calculator, review the exact variant, care setting and implementation status shown on its page.
Evidence and availability
PedsCore distinguishes active tools, clinical references, drafts and content limited by evidence or licensing. This is shown explicitly so that inclusion in the catalog is not mistaken for a recommendation to use the tool.
Scope and maintenance
Pages in this category are maintained individually: new evidence, a revised score version or a change in reuse conditions can alter one tool's availability without changing the rest of the category. PedsCore keeps references, validation notes and change traceability so that each result can be reviewed in its own clinical and documentary context.
Responsible clinical reading
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Available tools
- Brighton PEWS — PEWS variant identified for review.
- Bedside PEWS — Seven-item score to quantify severity and detect evolving clinical deterioration in hospitalized pediatric patients.
- Clinical Dehydration Scale — Clinical score for dehydration severity.
- Pediatric Appendicitis Score — Educational pediatric appendicitis risk calculator based on eight clinical and laboratory items.
- Gorelick Dehydration Scale — Gorelick 10-sign dehydration scale, score 0-10.
- Pediatric Burn TBSA Estimate — Descriptive burned total body surface area estimate using pediatric age-adjusted regional percentages.
- PECARN TBI Under 2 Years — PECARN clinical rule for TBI risk stratification.
- PECARN TBI 2 Years or Older — PECARN clinical rule for TBI risk stratification.
- CATCH — TBI decision rule identified for review.
- CHALICE — TBI decision rule identified for review.
- Shock Index Pediatric Age-adjusted — Age-adjusted shock index for prognostic stratification in pediatric trauma.
- Step-by-Step Approach — Sequential invasive-bacterial-infection risk stratification using appearance, age, urine, PCT, CRP, and ANC.
- PECARN Febrile Infant Rule — PECARN rule to identify low risk for serious bacterial infection using urinalysis, ANC, and PCT.
- Yale Observation Scale — Six-domain clinical observation scale for overall appearance in febrile illness.
- Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator — Reference for pediatric appendicitis risk stratification; it does not confirm a diagnosis.
- Bacterial Meningitis Score — Reference rule for risk stratification in pediatric meningitis.
- JumpSTART — Pediatric mass-casualty triage framework; it does not replace local protocols.
- SALT Triage — SALT reference framework for mass-casualty triage.