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KMID : 1037620190060010031
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
2019 Volume.6 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.33
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What are the head computed tomography scan rates in children presenting with headache to an Australian community teaching hospital emergency department?
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Klim Sharon
Krieser David
Kelly Anne-Maree
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Abstract
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We aimed to determine head computed tomography (CT) scan rate in the children presenting with non-traumatic headache who visited an Australian community teaching hospital emergency department. This was a planned substudy of an investigation of the epidemiology of headache in children presenting to the emergency department. A total of 225 children were studied; 6 underwent CT scan (CT scan rate, 2.7%; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-5.7). No intracranial pathology was identified. The rate was much lower than previously reported. The optimal CT scan rate for children presenting with headache remains unclear and is worthy of further research.
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KEYWORD
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Child, Diagnostic Imaging, Emergencies, Headache, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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