Evaluation of the impact of the Canadian CT head rule on British practice

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 426-428

  Boyle, A ^a   Santarius, L ^a   Maimaris, C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242795844     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. Bramley R, Whitehouse RW, Taylor PM. Canadian CT head rule for patients with minor head injury. Clin Radiol 2002;57:151-2.