Routine skull films in hospitalized psychiatric patients.
Skull films were taken routinely for a sample consisting of all inpatients at a psychiatric facility over a 5-year period (N = 2,943). The skull series revealed some abnormalities in 17.3% of the patients and significant abnormalities in 2.4%. The author concludes that the results of this trial do not justify routine skull films for psychiatric patients in the absence of neurological symptoms.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging