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Revision as of 00:16, 9 January 2019
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Planning
Choice of modality
CT of the head in trauma, without IV contrast, is the first choice of investigation.
Indications
In adults, indications mainly include altered mental status, post-traumatic seizure, focal neurologic deficit, vomiting and/or anticoagulant medication.[1]
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ UK: . Head Injury - Algorithm 1: Selection of adults for CT head scan. NICE. 2014
