Employing Clinical Dynamics to Reduce Head CT Scan Ordering for Trifling Cranium Trauma Patients

The current study is to figure out how routine care procedures could help prevent patients who have suffered mild head injuries from needing a CT scan. Patients who are awake (Al-Hussein teaching hospital in Al-Muthanna Province- Iraq) were brought to the emergency room unconscious due to serious he...

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Published inNeuroQuantology Vol. 20; no. 6; p. 1161
Main Authors Abdullah Hasan Jabbar, A-Kadhi, Murtadha M-Hussein, Karrar, Mahdi Badi, Salim Oudah Mezan, Muhammad Hasnain Jameel, Abdulkareem Thjeel Jabbar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bornova Izmir NeuroQuantology 01.01.2022
Subjects
Amnesia
Brain research
Computed tomography
Concussion
Consciousness
Cost control
Cranium
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Fractures
Head injuries
Hematoma
Higher education
Hospital costs
Injury prevention
Medical imaging
Medical technology
Patients
Risk factors
Teaching hospitals
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury
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Summary:The current study is to figure out how routine care procedures could help prevent patients who have suffered mild head injuries from needing a CT scan. Patients who are awake (Al-Hussein teaching hospital in Al-Muthanna Province- Iraq) were brought to the emergency room unconscious due to serious head injury and memory loss. The CT scan was then done to assess any head predictors.
ISSN:1303-5150
DOI:10.14704/nq.2022.20.6.NQ22110