Professional practice assessment: establishment of an institutional procedure to treat blunt abdominal trauma in emergency pediatric department

Objective The clinical process for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal lesion due to blunt abdominal traumain children is not consistent. The goal of the present study was to assess the efficiency of our institutional procedure to manage hemodynamically stable pediatric patients with benign abdominal traumaand to select patients who need a radiological examination in an emergency pediatric department.