Causal Inference in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case of Head Trauma and Mismatched Symptoms

Abstract

We present a case of a 14-month-old female presenting to the emergency department with head trauma. When her symptoms deviated from those associated with typical head trauma, the emergency department pharmacy team recognized a vital clue that directed the medical team toward the actual mechanism of injury and appropriate treatment of the child. ABBREVIATIONS ECG, electrocardiogram; ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical services; TBI, traumatic brain injury.