Search Tag: head injury
2020 21 Jul
In an eye-opening session on the abused child, experts at #ECR2020 the role of imaging and determining/diagnosing child abuse. Child abuse is quite common across the world. In the Netherlands alone, between 100,000 and 160,000 children are victims of some form of abuse every year, highlighted Prof. Rick van Rijn, a paediatric radiologist at...Read more
2015 29 Dec
Combinations of history and physical examination features in clinical decision rules can identify patients with minor head trauma at low risk of severe intracranial injuries, and for whom head CT may not be necessary. The findings are based on a systematic review conducted by Joshua S. Easter, MD, MSc, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, University...Read more