Utility of routine follow-up head CT scanning after mild traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of the literature

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 528-532

  Stippler, Martina ^a   Smith, Carl ^a   McLean, A Robb ^a   Carlson, Andrew ^a   Morley, Sarah ^b   Murray Krezan, Cristina ^c   Kraynik, Jessica ^a   Kennedy, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862896756     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200162     Document Type: Review

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