Skull X-Rays for Head Injury

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-8-9

Skull X-Rays for Head Injury

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 8

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Aug 2005

Abstract

The effect of abolishing skull X-rays on the rate of admission, use of computer tomography (CT), radiation dose per head injury, and detection of intracranial injuries was determined in patients, aged 1 to 14 years, presenting to the ED at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-8-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 62 - 62

Published on: Aug 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Computer Tomography,

Skull X Rays,

Intracranial Injury

© 2005 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 8