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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016The importance of clinical suspicion in the management of head injuriesShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the recent articles on the NICE guidelines in Head Injury patients. A clinical case that stresses the importance of clinical suspicion is presented.
A 29 year old male presented to the Emergency Department with a history of assault by a metal object. Despite a brief loss of consciousness (LOC), he self-presented complaining of a mild headache and one episode of vomi...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016The impact of NICE guidelines for the management of head injury in childrenShow More
Dear Editor
We were interested in the recent NICE guideline review by Dunning & Lecky [1], in particular the extrapolation of the Canadian head CT rule for adults to a paediatric population. We retrospectively audited children with head injury presenting to the emergency department of Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull hospital for the months of June 2003 and December 2003. Case notes were reviewed to dete...
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