Is computed tomography of the head justified in patients with minor head trauma presenting with Glasgow Coma Scale 15/15?
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Predicting the outcome in children with head trauma: comparison of FOUR score and Glasgow Coma Scale.
BACKGROUND Because of the limitations of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), many scoring systems have emerged and been compared with GCS. Herein, we investigated whether the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) score is better than GCS in predicting morbidity and mortality in children with head trauma. METHODS Patients 2-17 years of age who admitted to the emergency department with head trauma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Radiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2078-6778,1027-202X
DOI: 10.4102/sajr.v22i1.1329