Quality Improvement Effort to Reduce Cranial CTs for Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma
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Quality Improvement Effort to Reduce Cranial CTs for Children With Minor Blunt Head Trauma.
OBJECTIVE Blunt head trauma is a common injury in children, although it rarely requires surgical intervention. Cranial computed tomography (CT) is the reference standard for the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury but has been associated with increased lifetime malignancy risk. We implemented a multifaceted quality improvement initiative to decrease the use of cranial CT for children with minor...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3588