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- Title
Head injuries: a study evaluating the impact of the NICE head injury guidelines.
- Authors
Hassan, Z; Smith, M; Littlewood, S; Bouamra, O; Hughes, D; Biggin, C; Amos, K; Mendelow, A D; Lecky, F
- Abstract
The NICE head injury guidelines recommend a different approach in the management of head injury patients. It suggests that CT head scan should replace skull x ray (SXR) and observation/admission as the first investigation. We wished to determine the impact of NICE on SXR, CT scan, and admission on all patients with head injury presenting to the ED setting and estimate the cost effectiveness of these guidelines, which has not been quantified to date.
- Publication
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 2005, Vol 22, Issue 12, p845
- ISSN
1472-0213
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/emj.2004.021717