Vomiting - Is this a good indication for CT head scans in patients with minor head injury?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1010, 2012, Pages 183-186

  Bainbridge, Jonathan ^a   Khirwadkar, H ^a   Hourihan, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PETROUS BONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 84857261067     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/56169980     Document Type: Article

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