I read with some surprise Dr Leaman’s article on the impact of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on a district general hospital.1 I am truly confused at the level of anxiety this topic is causing in the UK. In most other developed countries, the use of ...
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on the early management of head injury. This study audits the process of the management of patients with head injury presenting at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments
Until January 2014, The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Head Injury Guidelines (CG56) issued to clinicians advised anticoagulated patients with a head injury should only receive CT imaging if loss of consciousness or amnesia was experienced. These guidelines have recently been updated...
Not a NICE CT protocol for the acutely head injured child To assess the impact of the introduction of the Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) head injury computed tomography (CT) guidelines, when compared with th... AP Willis,SAA Latif,S Chandratre,... - 《Clinical Radiology》 被引量: ...
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Introduction NICE guidelines provide clear indications for the investigation of head injuries with CT. A patient on anticoagulation is required to have lost consciousness to warrant a CT scan unless obvious stronger indications exist. We recently observed three patients who had been assessed following ...
Yates DW. The NICE head injury guidelines. Emerg Med J 2003;20:117.Yates DW. The NICE head injury guidelines. Emergency Med J: EMJ. 2003; 20 (2):117. doi: 10.1136/emj.20.2.117. [ Cross Ref ]Yates DW. The NICE head injury guidelines. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 2003; 20(...
Elderly patients admitted with falls who had CT head scans were identified. Indication for scanning were evaluated to determine adherence with NICE guidelines for head injury. Between cycles, formal educational sessions were provided to Junior Doctors by departmental teaching and distributing leaflets/...
Not a NICE CT protocol for the acutely head injured child To assess the impact of the introduction of the Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) head injury computed tomography (CT) guidelines, when compared with th... AP Willis,SAA Latif,S Chandratre,... - 《Clinical Radiology》 被引量: ...
NICE guidelinesAim : In patients with head trauma or those with localizing neurological signs regardless of the severity of the injury, the most helpful and least invasive imaging modality is the cranial Computerized Tomography (CT). Our aim was to review the percentage of patients who require CT...