Mild head injury. Don't rely on skull x ray examination.

Skull fractures and mild head injury.

Skull X-rays after mild head injuries.

Can we abolish skull x rays for head injury?

OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of a change in skull x ray policy on the rate of admission, use of computed tomography (CT), radiation dose per head injury, and detection of intracranial injuries; and to compare the characteristics of patients with normal and abnormal head CT. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING UK paediatric teaching hospital emergency department. PATIENTS 1535 pa...

Mild Head Injury

Sundström, Anna (2006). Mild head injury: Relation to cognition, dementia, fatigue, and genetics. Doctoral dissertation from the Department of Psychology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden: ISBN 91-7264-158-4. Following a mild head injury (MHI), a person may report a variety of symptoms such as headache, memory disturbance, dizziness, and concentration difficulties. For most persons the ...

Value of radiological diagnosis of skull fracture in the management of mild head injury: meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVES Head injury is a common event. Most patients sustain a mild head injury (MHI), and management depends on the risk of an intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). The value of a plain skull radiograph as a screening tool for ICH is controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis was to estimate and explain differences in reported sensitivity and specificity of the finding of a skull fracture for t...