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标题：Unnecessary Brain CT scan of Traumatic Pediatric Patients; How to Reduce the Numbers?
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作者：Mohammad-Taghi Talebian ; Shahram Bagheri-Hariri
期刊名称：International Journal of Pediatrics
印刷版ISSN：2345-5047
电子版ISSN：2345-5055
出版年度：2018
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：7297-7298
DOI：10.22038/ijp.2018.29508.2588
语种：English
出版社：Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
其他摘要：There are considerable rates of pediatrics trauma referring emergency department following a traumatic event. The worried parents are requesting for the most sensitive diagnostic test, so emergency physicians ask them to underwent brain computed tomography (CT) scan. Lower threshold of decision making regarding use of brain CT scan results in huge number of normal imaging. On the other hand, radiation exposer of the child may accompanied with lots of side effects in future. It may highlight a question that “how to reduce the numbers of unnecessary brain CT scan of traumatic pediatric patients?”
其他关键词：Closed Head Injuries; Pediatrics; x-ray computed tomography