Emergency head injury imaging: Implementing NICE 2007 in a tertiary neurosciences centre and a busy district general hospital

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 778-782

  Mooney, J S ^a   Yates, A ^b   Sellar, L ^b   Shipway, T ^b   Roberts, C ^b   Parris, R ^c   Hassan, Z ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Smith, M ^a   Lecky, F ^a,d  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052136410     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.083360     Document Type: Article

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