Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Are We Overscreening Low-Mechanism Trauma? [EMERGENCY NEURORADIOLOGY]

CONCLUSIONS: We advocate reservation of blunt cerebrovascular injury screening in low-mechanism trauma for patients meeting the expanded Denver criteria. Further research is needed to determine the behavior of indeterminate cases and to establish criteria for separating true-positive from false-positive findings.

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/abstract/44/11/1296?rss=1

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - November 8, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Hiatt, K. D., Agarwal, R., Oravec, C. S., Johnson, E. C., Patel, N. P., Geer, C. P., Wolfe, S. Q., Zapadka, M. E. Tags: EMERGENCY NEURORADIOLOGY Source Type: research