Head injury: which patients need imaging? Which test is best?
Some patients with head injuries definitely need to undergo an imaging study--usually computed tomography (CT). Most, however, are in a category of "apparently mild" injury, and controversy continues about which of them need to undergo imaging studies to rule out intracranial injuries.
Glauser
Jonathan
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Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. glauserj@ccf.org
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003422:Critical Care; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends