The NICE guidelines in the real world: A practical perspective

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-407

  Dunning, Joel ^a   Lecky, F ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242768418     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.014944     Document Type: Review

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