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CT or not CT--that is the question. Whether 'tis better to evaluate clinically and x ray than to undertake a CT head scan!

Macgregor DM, McKie L.

Emerg Med J. 2005 Aug;22(8):541-3.PMID: 16046751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Not a NICE CT protocol for the acutely head injured child.

Willis AP, Latif SA, Chandratre S, Stanhope B, Johnson K.

Clin Radiol. 2008 Feb;63(2):165-9. Epub 2007 Nov 7.PMID: 18194692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Audit of head injury management in Accident and Emergency at two hospitals: implications for NICE CT guidelines.

Miller L, Kent RM, Tennant A.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2004 May 3;4(1):7.PMID: 15122970 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical algorithm and resource use in the management of children with minor head trauma.

Beaudin M, Saint-Vil D, Ouimet A, Mercier C, Crevier L.

J Pediatr Surg. 2007 May;42(5):849-52.PMID: 17502197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Head injuries: a study evaluating the impact of the NICE head injury guidelines.

Hassan Z, Smith M, Littlewood S, Bouamra O, Hughes D, Biggin C, Amos K, Mendelow AD, Lecky F.

Emerg Med J. 2005 Dec;22(12):845-9.PMID: 16299190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

NICE guideline for the management of head injury: an audit demonstrating its impact on a district general hospital, with a cost analysis for England and Wales.

Shravat BP, Huseyin TS, Hynes KA.

Emerg Med J. 2006 Feb;23(2):109-13.PMID: 16439738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Application of the Canadian CT head rules in managing minor head injuries in a UK emergency department: implications for the implementation of the NICE guidelines.

Sultan HY, Boyle A, Pereira M, Antoun N, Maimaris C.

Emerg Med J. 2004 Jul;21(4):420-5.PMID: 15208222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Selective indications of skull radiography after head injury in children]

Toupin JM, Lechevallier J, Chaput E, Dacher JN, Le Dosseur P, Proust B, Mitrofanoff P.

Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1996;82(3):201-07. French. PMID: 9005457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mild head injury: revisited.

Thiruppathy SP, Muthukumar N.

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2004 Oct;146(10):1075-82; discussion 1082-3.PMID: 15744844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of minor head injuries according to NICE guidelines and changes in the number of patients requiring computerised tomography imaging in a district general hospital: a retrospective study.

Harris A, Williams D, Jain N, Lockey A.

Int J Clin Pract. 2006 Sep;60(9):1120-2.PMID: 16939555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The implications of NICE guidelines on the management of children presenting with head injury.

Dunning J, Daly JP, Malhotra R, Stratford-Smith P, Lomas JP, Lecky F, Batchelor J, Mackway-Jones K; Children's Head injury Algorithm for the Identification of significant Clinical Events Study (CHALICE Study).

Arch Dis Child. 2004 Aug;89(8):763-7.PMID: 15269079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Skull fractures in children: a population study.

Johnstone AJ, Zuberi SH, Scobie WG.

J Accid Emerg Med. 1996 Nov;13(6):386-9.PMID: 8947793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Radiography for head trauma in children: what guidelines should we use?

Moreea S, Jones S, Zoltie N.

J Accid Emerg Med. 1997 Jan;14(1):13-5.PMID: 9023615 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergency department use of computed tomography in children with epilepsy and breakthrough seizure activity.

Allen L, Jones CT.

J Child Neurol. 2007 Sep;22(9):1099-101.PMID: 17890407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cranial computed tomography scans in children after minimal head injury with loss of consciousness.

Davis RL, Mullen N, Makela M, Taylor JA, Cohen W, Rivara FP.

Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Oct;24(4):640-5.PMID: 8092590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Relevance of CT-scans for pediatric head injuries]

Maier B, Maier-Hemming A, Lehnert M, Mutschler WE, Marzi I, Rose S.

Unfallchirurg. 2003 Mar;106(3):220-5. German. PMID: 12658341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of the impact of the Canadian CT head rule on British practice.

Boyle A, Santarius L, Maimaris C.

Emerg Med J. 2004 Jul;21(4):426-8.PMID: 15208223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Management of minor head injuries: admission criteria, radiological evaluation and treatment of complications.

Murshid WR.

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1998;140(1):56-64.PMID: 9522909 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of positive CT scans in the trauma patient with minor head injury.

Moran SG, McCarthy MC, Uddin DE, Poelstra RJ.

Am Surg. 1994 Jul;60(7):533-5; discussion 535-6.PMID: 8010569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An audit of clinical practice in the management of head injured patients following the introduction of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) recommendations.

Kerr J, Smith R, Gray S, Beard D, Robertson CE.

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