A prospective evaluation of the use of routine repeat cranial CT scans in patients with intracranial hemorrhage and GCS score of 13 to 15

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-688

  Abdelfattah, Kareem R ^a   Eastman, Alexander L ^a   Aldy, Kim N ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^a   Scott, William W ^a   Madden, Christopher J ^a   Rickert, Kim L ^a   Phelan, Herb A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial hemorrhage; mild traumatic brain injury; repeat cranial CT scans

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865989615     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265ccd9     Document Type: Review

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