Clinical decision instruments for CT scanning in minor head injury

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1551-1553

  Haydel, Micelle J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25144516014     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.12.1551     Document Type: Editorial

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