Variation in ED use of computed tomography for patients with minor head injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-22

  Stiell, I G ^a   Wells, G A ^a   Vandemheen, K ^a   Laupacis, A ^a   Brison, R ^a   Eisenhauer, M A ^a   Greenberg, G H ^a   MacPhail, I ^a   McKnight, R D ^a   Reardon, M ^a   Verbeek, R ^a   Worthington, J ^a   Lesiuk, H ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030740116     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70104-5     Document Type: Article

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