External Validation of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans
Criteria for CT Scanning in Patients With Minor Head Injury
Marion Smits;Diederik W. J. Dippel;Gijs G. de Haan;Heleen M. Dekker;Pieter E. Vos;Digna R. Kool;Paul J. Nederkoorn;Paul A. M. Hofman;Albert Twijnstra;Hervé L. J. Tanghe;M. G. Myriam Hunink;
JAMA2005Vol. 294pp. 1519-1525
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Abstract
Context Two decision rules for indications of computed tomography (CT) in patients with minor head injury, the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and the New Orleans Criteria (NOC), suggest that CT scanning may be restricted to patients with certain risk factors, which would lead to important reductions in the use...