A new clinical score for cranial computed tomography in emergency department non-trauma patients: Definition and first validation
Well recognized guidelines are available for the use of cranial computed tomography (CCT) in traumatic patients, while no definitely accepted standards exists to for CCT in patients without history of head injury. The aim of this study is to propose an easy clinical score to stratify the need of CCT in emergency department (ED) patients with suspect non-traumatic intracranial pathology.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marcello Covino, Emanuele Gilardi, Alberto Manno, Benedetta Simeoni, Veronica Ojetti, Chiara Cordischi, Evelina Forte, Luigi Carbone, Simona Gaudino, Francesco Franceschi Source Type: research