Avoiding skull radiographs in infants with suspected inflicted injury who also undergo head CT: "a no-brainer?" - Martin A, Paddock M, Johns CS, Smith J, Raghavan A, Connolly DJA, Offiah AC.

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether head CT with 3D reconstruction can replace skull radiographs (SXR) in the imaging investigation of suspected physical abuse (SPA)/abusive head trauma (AHT). METHODS: PACS was interrogated for antemortem skeletal survey...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news