TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical decision rules for the assessment of mild head injury, used in combination with clinical judgement, can inform the use of head imaging
AU - Mitra, Biswadev
AU - Cameron, Peter
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Context
CT is currently the primary modality for investigating possible intracranial injury. The benefit of CT scanning for head injury in certain circumstances was recognised more than 30 years ago,1 but only recently have restrictive protocols based on specialist authorisation given way to a liberal approach with unrestricted access to CT scans in most high income countries. Recently, the long-term effects of radiation have been re-emphasised along with the cost of indiscriminate CT scanning, highlighting the need to determine the optimal use of CT scans for
AB - Context
CT is currently the primary modality for investigating possible intracranial injury. The benefit of CT scanning for head injury in certain circumstances was recognised more than 30 years ago,1 but only recently have restrictive protocols based on specialist authorisation given way to a liberal approach with unrestricted access to CT scans in most high income countries. Recently, the long-term effects of radiation have been re-emphasised along with the cost of indiscriminate CT scanning, highlighting the need to determine the optimal use of CT scans for
UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/17/1/28.extract
M3 - Letter
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 1
JO - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
JF - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
SN - 2515-4478
IS - 1
ER -