Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of risk factors for significant intracranial injury
Should a head CT scan be performed on the patient?
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Purpose: To determine if a patient with blunt head trauma should have a head CT scan using the decision instrument of Mower et al.
Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general
Objective: severity, prognosis, stage, selection
ICD-10: S06,
