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Comment
. 2010 Mar;59(3):159-64.

When is it safe to forego a CT in kids with head trauma?

Kohar Jones  1 , Gail Patrick, John Hickner
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When is it safe to forego a CT in kids with head trauma?

Kohar Jones et al. J Fam Pract. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

New clinical prediction rules make it easier to identify children at low risk of serious brain injury—and reduce the reliance on CT scanning.

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  • Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study.
    Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD Jr, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, Nadel FM, Monroe D, Stanley RM, Borgialli DA, Badawy MK, Schunk JE, Quayle KS, Mahajan P, Lichenstein R, Lillis KA, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Callahan JM, Gorelick MH, Glass TF, Lee LK, Bachman MC, Cooper A, Powell EC, Gerardi MJ, Melville KA, Muizelaar JP, Wisner DH, Zuspan SJ, Dean JM, Wootton-Gorges SL; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Kuppermann N, et al. Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1160-70. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61558-0. Epub 2009 Sep 14. Lancet. 2009. PMID: 19758692

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