Prediction of intracranial computed tomography findings in patients with minor head injury by using logistic regression: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 688-694

  Saadat, Soheil ^a,c   Ghodsi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Naieni, Kourosh Holakouie ^a   Firouznia, Kavous ^a   Hosseini, Mostafa ^a   Kadkhodaie, Hamid Reza ^b   Saidi, Hossein ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Decision rule; Logistic regression; Minor head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349935136     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS08909     Document Type: Article

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