Prospective study of validity of neurologic signs in predicting positive cranial computed tomography following minor head trauma

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-62

  Rahman, Yassir S Abdul ^a   Al Den, Ahmed Sami S ^a   Maull, Kimball I ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

amnesia; convulsion; Glasgow Coma Scale; head computed tomography scan; headache; loss of consciousness; mild head trauma; vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904366071     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007676     Document Type: Article

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