Reducing Unnecessary Head Computed Tomography in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

This article examines recent research to determine which of these tools has proven to be the most effective at safely reducing the use of head CT scans. The reviewed studies concluded that both the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria had similar sensitivities, but the Canadian CT Head Rule showed superior specificity in predicting the presence of a clinically significant brain injury. The authors of this article recommend that the Canadian CT Head Rule be used in the evaluation of minor head injury to reduce unnecessary CT scans.
Source: Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Cases of Note Source Type: research