Do we routinely need cranial computed tomography for mild head injuries in Turkey?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-240

  Yavaşi, Özcan ^a   Ünlüer, Erol Erden ^a   Gün, Cem ^a   Saǧlam, Caner ^a   Kayayurt, Kamil ^a   Kiliç, Turgay Yilmaz ^a   Kara, Pinar Hanife ^a   Vandenberk, Nergiz ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cranial computed tomography; mild head trauma; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960331327     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283449119     Document Type: Article

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