A Clinical Decision Rule for Cranial Computed Tomography in Minor Pediatric Head Trauma
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A clinical decision rule for cranial computed tomography in minor pediatric head trauma.
OBJECTIVES To develop a sensitive clinical decision rule with a high negative predictive value for the use of cranial computed tomography (CT) in minor pediatric head trauma, to identify clinical features predictive of neurosurgical intervention, and to assess clinicians' predictive abilities to determine the presence or absence of intracranial injury based on history and physical examination a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1072-4710
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.5.439