Implementation of a guideline for computed tomography head imaging in head injury: A prospective study

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 410-419

  Fong, Christina ^a   Chong, Winston ^a   Villaneuva, Elmer ^b   Segal, Ahuva Yocheved ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Computed tomography head rules; Guideline; Head computed tomography; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 54049131195     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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