Pediatr Emerg Med J.
2019 Jun;6(1):31-33. 10.22470/pemj.2019.00024.
What are the head computed tomography scan rates in children presenting with headache to an Australian community teaching hospital emergency department?
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- 1Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. anne-maree.kelly@wh.org.au
- 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunshine Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
- 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- 4School of Medicine-Western Clinical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- KMID: 2452854
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2019.00024
Abstract
- We aimed to determine head computed tomography (CT) scan rate in the children presenting with non-traumatic headache who visited an Australian community teaching hospital emergency department. This was a planned substudy of an investigation of the epidemiology of headache in children presenting to the emergency department. A total of 225 children were studied; 6 underwent CT scan (CT scan rate, 2.7%; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-5.7). No intracranial pathology was identified. The rate was much lower than previously reported. The optimal CT scan rate for children presenting with headache remains unclear and is worthy of further research.
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