Emergency department practice variation in computed tomography use for children with minor blunt head trauma

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1201-1206.e2

  Stanley, Rachel M ^a   Hoyle, John D ^b   Dayan, Peter S ^c   Atabaki, Shireen ^d   Lee, Lois ^e   Lillis, Kathy ^f   Gorelick, Marc H ^g   Holubkov, Richard ^h   Miskin, Michelle ^h   Holmes, James F ⁱ   Dean, J Michael ^h   Kuppermann, Nathan ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINOR BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84912526559     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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