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Article: CT Scanning for Minor Head Injury.
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- Radiology Alert
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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CT Scanning for Minor Head Injury
Abstract & Commentary
Synopsis: This study indicates a sensitive set of clinical indicators for obtaining a brain CT in patients with minor head trauma: headache, vomiting, age older than 60 years, drug or alcohol intoxication, deficits in short-term memory, physical evidence of trauma above the clavicles, and seizure.
Source: Haydel MJ, et al. N Engl J Med 2000;343:100-105.
Since the introduction of ct for evaluation of patients with potential head injury, selection of which patients should receive a CT scan remains controversial. While there is no question of use of CT in patients with major head ...