Application of the CHALICE clinical prediction rule for intracranial injury in children outside the UK: Impact on head CT rate

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1017-1022

  Crowe, Louise ^a,b,c   Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c   Babl, Franz E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDREN HEAD INJURY ALGORITHM FOR THE PREDICTION OF IMPORTANT CLINICAL EVENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 78649827450     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.174854     Document Type: Article

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