Journal Articles on Head Injuries
» Developing a Decision Instrument to Guide Computed Tomographic Imaging of Blunt Head Injury Patients (NEXUS II Study)
"Clinical characteristics can reliably identify patients who are unlikely to have intracranial injuries and who do not require CT imaging". Mower et al. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 59(4):954-959, October 2005.
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» Indications for Computed Tomography in Patients with Minor Head Injury
"For the evaluation of patients with minor head injury, the use of CT can be safely limited to those who have certain clinical findings." Haydel et al. New England Journal of Medicine. 343(2):100-105, July 13, 2000. [Read More...]
» The Canadian CT Head Rule for Patients with Minor Head Injury
"We have developed the Canadian CT Head Rule, a highly sensitive decision rule for use of CT. This rule has the potential to significantly standardise and improve the emergency management of patients with minor head injury." Stiell et al. The Lancet. Volume 357, Issue 9266 , 5 May 2001, Pages 1391-1396. [Read More...]