Clinical Decision Instruments for CT Scan in Minor Head Trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Türedi, Süleyman ^a   Hasanbasoglu, Altug ^b   Gunduz, Abdulkadir ^a   Yandi, Mustafa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mesa Hospital Cankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

delayed CT; initial CT; minor head trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40649095413     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.05.055     Document Type: Article

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