Prospective optimization of patient selection for emergency cranial computed tomography: Univariate and multivariate analyses

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Reinus, William R ^a,c   Zwemer, Frank L ^b,c   Fornoff, Jane R ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; computed tomography; head injuries; headache; seizure; skull

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE;

EID: 0030020729     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199602000-00007     Document Type: Article

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