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https://dora.health.qld.gov.au/qldresearchjspui/handle/1/1748| Title: | Factors predictive for computed tomography use and abnormality in paediatric head injuries in Australia and New Zealand | Authors: | Wilson, Catherine L Hearps, Stephen Jc Tavender, Emma J Phillips, Natalie T Lawton, Ben Kinnear, Frances Beattie, Amie Mitenko, Hugh Young, Russell Cole, Joanne Kochar, Amit George, Shane Teo, Stephen Ss Georgeson, Thomas Michael, Adam Mukherjee, Ashes King, Alex Gamage, Lalith Archer, Peter Cassidy, Corey Rao, Arjun Thosar, Deepali Borland, Meredith L Babl, Franz E |
Issue Date: | Feb-2021 | Publisher: | Wiley | Source: | Wilson, C.L., Hearps, S.J., Tavender, E.J., Phillips, N.T., Lawton, B., Kinnear, F., Beattie, A., Mitenko, H., Young, R., Cole, J., Kochar, A., George, S., Teo, S.S., Georgeson, T., Michael, A., Mukherjee, A., King, A., Gamage, L., Archer, P., Cassidy, C., Rao, A., Thosar, D., Borland, M.L. and Babl, F.E. (2021), Factors predictive for computed tomography use and abnormality in paediatric head injuries in Australia and New Zealand. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33: 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13694 | Journal: | EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia | Abstract: | To investigate patient-level factors predictive for computed tomography of the brain (CTB) use and abnormality in head injured children in Australia and New Zealand. Retrospective data from tertiary, urban/suburban and regional/rural EDs including factors predictive for CTB use and abnormality. Of 3072 children at 31 EDs, 212 (6.9%) had a CTB scan, of which 66 (31%) were abnormal. Increasing age, serious mechanisms of injury and decreasing Glasgow Coma Score were predictive for ordering CTB. Decreasing age was predictive for CTB abnormalities. Other factors were not. Patient-level drivers of CTB use in children in Australia and New Zealand are consistent with international data. | DOI: | 10.1111/1742-6723.13694 | Keywords: | Brain injury;Computed tomography;Emergency medicine;Head injury;Paediatric | Type: | Article |
| Appears in Sites: | Gold Coast Health Publications |
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