Comparison of clinical performance of cranial computed tomography rules in patients with minor head injury: A multicenter prospective study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-604

  Ro, Young Sun ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^a   Holmes, James F ^b   Song, Kyoung Jun ^c   Park, Ju Ok ^d   Cho, Jin Sung ^e   Lee, Seung Chul ^f   Kim, Seong Chun ^g   Hong, Ki Jeong ^h   Park, Chang Bae ^a   Cha, Won Chul ⁱ   Lee, Eui Jung ^a   Kim, Yu Jin ^j   Ahn, Ki Ok ^k   Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^l  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^e Gachon University   (South Korea)

^f Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Daegu Emergency Medical Information Center   (South Korea)

ⁱ Seoguipo Medical Center   (South Korea)

^j Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^k EMS Education and Training Center   (South Korea)

^l SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959297728     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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