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- Title
Value of radiological diagnosis of skull fracture in the management of mild head injury: meta-analysis.
- Authors
Hofman, P A; Nelemans, P; Kemerink, G J; Wilmink, J T
- Abstract
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 the diagnosis of ICH, in order to assess the value of the plain skull radiograph in the investigation of patients with MHI, and to estimate the prevalence of ICH in these patients.
- Publication
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2000, Vol 68, Issue 4, p416
- ISSN
0022-3050
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jnnp.68.4.416