Diagnostic approach to children with minor traumatic brain injury
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Study at a glance
- Area
- TBI & Concussion
- Study type
- Observational study
- Authors
- Oster I, Shamdeen GM, Ziegler K, Eymann R, Gortner L, Meyer S
- Journal
- Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
- Year
- 2012
- Participants
- 45 hospitals
- Population
- Children
A survey of German children's hospitals on how they assess minor traumatic brain injury, finding most children are monitored clinically, with routine CT scans uncommon and EEG part of the routine work-up in about a fifth of hospitals.