Triggers for head computed tomography following paediatric head injury: Comparison of physicians' reported practice and clinical decision rules

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-82

  Lockie, Francis D ^a   Dalton, Sarah ^a   Oakley, Ed ^b,c,d   Babl, Franz E ^b,c,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; Clinical practice guideline; Computed tomography; Emergency department; Paediatric head injury; Research network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873482450     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12019     Document Type: Article

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