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- Title
Factors predictive for computed tomography use and abnormality in paediatric head injuries in Australia and New Zealand.
- Authors
Wilson, Catherine L; Hearps, Stephen JC; Tavender, Emma J; Phillips, Natalie T; Lawton, Ben; Kinnear, Frances; Beattie, Amie; Mitenko, Hugh; Young, Russell; Cole, Joanne; Kochar, Amit; George, Shane; Teo, Stephen SS; Georgeson, Thomas; Michael, Adam; Mukherjee, Ashes; King, Alex; Gamage, Lalith; Archer, Peter; Cassidy, Corey
- Abstract
Objectives: To investigate patient‐level factors predictive for computed tomography of the brain (CTB) use and abnormality in head injured children in Australia and New Zealand. Methods: Retrospective data from tertiary, urban/suburban and regional/rural EDs including factors predictive for CTB use and abnormality. Results: Of 3072 children at 31 EDs, 212 (6.9%) had a CTB scan, of which 66 (31%) were abnormal. Increasing age, serious mechanisms of injury and decreasing Glasgow Coma Score were predictive for ordering CTB. Decreasing age was predictive for CTB abnormalities. Other factors were not. Conclusion: Patient‐level drivers of CTB use in children in Australia and New Zealand are consistent with international data.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; NEW Zealand; BRAIN; COMPUTED tomography; MEDICAL cooperation; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH; HEAD injuries; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2021, Vol 33, Issue 1, p157
- ISSN
1742-6731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1742-6723.13694