Open AccessEmergency Department Discharge of Patients With a Negative Cranial Computed Tomography Scan After Minimal Head Injury
Author(s) -
Deputy Livingston,
Robert F. Lavery,
Marian R. Passannante,
Joan Skurnick,
Stephen R. Baker,
Timothy C. Fabian,
Donald E. Fry,
Mark A. Malangoni
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200007000-00018
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , computed tomography , head (geology) , head injury , radiology , nuclear medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , geomorphology , geology
To determine the negative predictive value of cranial computed tomography (CT) scanning in a prospective series of patients and whether hospital admission for observation is mandatory after a negative diagnostic evaluation after minimal head injury (MHI).