Skull X-Rays for Head Injury

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-8-9

Keywords:

Computer Tomography, Skull X Rays, Intracranial Injury

Abstract

The effect of abolishing skull X-rays on the rate of admission, use of computer tomography (CT), radiation dose per head injury, and detection of intracranial injuries was determined in patients, aged 1 to 14 years, presenting to the ED at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.

Published

2005-08-01

Issue

Section

Brain Tumors