Should a head-injured child receive a head CT scan? A systematic review of clinical prediction rules

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Maguire, Jonathon L ^a,b,c   Boutis, Kathy ^a,b,c   Uleryk, Elizabeth M ^a   Laupacis, Andreas ^b,d,e   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain injuries MeSH ; Child; Clinical decision rules; Clinical prediction rules; Craniocerebral trauma MeSH ; Decision trees MeSH ; Decision support techniques MeSH ; Human MeSH ; Infant; Predictive value of tests MeSH ; Preschool; Systematic review; Tomography; X ray computed MeSH

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649574770     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0075     Document Type: Review

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