Skull radiographs and computed tomography scans in children and adolescents with mild head trauma Radiografia simples e tomografia computadorizada do crânio em crianças e adolescentes vítimas de traumatismo craniano leve

Skull radiographs and computed tomography scans in children and adolescents with mild head trauma Radiografia simples e tomografia computadorizada do crânio em crianças e adolescentes vítimas de traumatismo craniano leve

OBJECTIVE: To identify which pediatric patients with mild head trauma are candidates for skull radiographs or cranial computed tomography (CCT) scans. METHOD: Patients with mild head trauma aged from 0 to 19 years presenting to the Emergency Department of a trauma centre from Salvador City, Brazil,...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Tude Melo, Rodolfo Casimiro Reis, Laudenor Pereira Lemos-Júnior, Assuero Azevedo-Neto, Dalton Willy Santos Oliveira, Felipe René F. Cruz Garcia, Joelson Oliveira Ribeiro, Muryllo de Brito Santos-Neto, Jamary Oliveira-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2008-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
tomografia
radiografia
trauma cranioencefálico
criança
adolescência
tomography
radiography
traumatic injury brain
child
adolescent
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000500019
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