Indications for brain CT scan in patients with minor head injury

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Saboori, Masih ^a   Ahmadi, Jalal ^a   Farajzadegan, Zahra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain CT scan; Computed tomography; Head trauma; Mild head injury; Minor head injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 34247522861     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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