Not a NICE CT protocol for the acutely head injured child

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-169

  Willis, A P ^a   Latif, S A A ^a   Chandratre, S ^a   Stanhope, B ^a   Johnson, K ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37849047899     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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