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This review will discuss how frequent BCI\/blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) on pediatric patients after blunt trauma is, what routine diagnostics looks like, if a computed tomography (CT)\/computed tomography angiography (CTA) scan on pediatric patients after blunt trauma is always necessary and if there are any negative health effects. Methods: This narrative literature review includes reviews, systematic reviews, case reports and original studies in the English language between 1999 and 2020 that deal with pediatric blunt trauma and the diagnostics of BCI and BCVI. Furthermore, publications on the risk of radiation exposure for children were included in this study. For literature research, Medline (PubMed) and the Cochrane library were used. Results: Pediatric BCI\/BCVI shows an overall incidence between 0.03 and 0.5% of confirmed BCI\/BCVI cases due to pediatric blunt trauma. In total, 1.1\u20133.5% of pediatric blunt trauma patients underwent CTA to detect BCI\/BCVI. Only 0.17\u20131.2% of all CTA scans show a positive diagnosis for BCI\/BCVI. In children, the median volume CT dose index on a non-contrast head CT is 33 milligrays (mGy), whereas a computed tomography angiography needs at least 138 mGy. A cumulative dose of about 50 mGy almost triples the risk of leukemia, and a cumulative dose of about 60 mGy triples the risk of brain cancer. Conclusions: Given that a BCI\/BCVI could have extensive neurological consequences for children, it is necessary to evaluate routine pediatric diagnostics after blunt trauma. CT and CTA are mostly used in routine BCI\/BCVI diagnostics. However, since radiation exposure in children should be as low as reasonably achievable, it should be asked if other diagnostic methods could be used to identify risk groups. Trauma guidelines and clinical scores like the McGovern score are established BCI\/BCVI screening options, as well as duplex ultrasound.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13123359","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]],"date-time":"2024-06-07T04:38:56Z","timestamp":1717735136000},"page":"3359","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Pediatric Carotid Injury after Blunt Trauma and the Necessity of CT and CTA\u2014A Narrative Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Lukas","family":"Kr\u00fcger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oliver","family":"Kamp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katharina","family":"Alfen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine and Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5869-7929","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jens","family":"Theysohn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6641-5506","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcel","family":"Dudda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, BG-Klinikum Duisburg, 47249 Duisburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7876-2580","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lars","family":"Becker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"239","DOI":"10.1159\/000028804","article-title":"Pediatric blunt carotid injury: A review of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry","volume":"30","author":"Lew","year":"1999","journal-title":"Pediatr. 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