Is the Canadian CT head rule for minor head injury applicable for patients in Germany?;Lässt sich die Canadian CT head rule für das leichte schädel-hirn-trauma auf Deutschland übertragen?

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 872-876

  Schlegel, Philip M ^a   Walter, M A ^a   Kloska, S P ^a   Rieger, B ^a   Fischer, R J ^a   Wassmann, H ^a   Heindel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Head; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CANADIAN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY HEAD RULE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21044435502     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858042     Document Type: Article

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