External validation of the New Orleans Criteria (NOC), the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study II (NEXUS II) for CT scanning in pediatric patients with minor head injury in a non-trauma center

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 971-979

  Schachar, Jennifer L ^a   Zampolin, Richard L ^a   Miller, Todd S ^a   Farinhas, Joaquim M ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^a   Taragin, Benjamin H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision aids; CT scan utilization; Head trauma; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADIAN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC HEAD RULE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EMERGENCY X RADIOGRAPHY UTILIZATION STUDY II CRITERIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEW ORLEANS CRITERIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052642334     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2032-4     Document Type: Article

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