Head CT rate was the primary outcome. We developed a series of interventions and presented these to the general emergency department over the duration of the study. The pre and intervention data was analysed with control charts. Results The preintervention and intervention groups consisted of 576 ...
The absorbed dose at CT was measured at nine points in a 16 cm diameter phantom. The effect of different reconstruction algorithms and scan settings on the quality of head CT images was studied in children and phantoms. Two low-dose CT techniques for head imaging can be selected for children...
China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan and 7Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Background: To evaluate the possible association between paediatric head computed tomography (CT) examination and increased subsequent risk of malignancy and be...
In vivo dosimetry for head ct examinations in paediatric patientsSerious concerns about children exposure to ionizing radiation have been raised due to the widespread use of computed tomography (CT) in paediatrics. The increased radiosensitivity of children and the radiation-associated cancer risk call ...
Eye-lens bis- muth shielding in paediatric head CT: artefact evaluation and reduction. Pediatr Radiol. 2010;40:1748-1754.Raissaki M et al (2010) Eye-lens bismuth shielding in paediatric head CT: artefact evaluation and reduction. Pediatr Radiol 40(11):1748–1754...
Strategy for paediatric head CT exposure optimization: protocols and workflowsdoi:10.1016/S1120-1797(22)00217-4M. BettiL. FedeliS. BicchiM. SantoniI. OrlandiA. VaianoF. MeucciD. FedeleL.N. MazzoniR. VinattieriElsevier LtdPhysica Medica
PenetratingHead InjurySurgeryINTRODUCTION In many parts of the world, access to a CT scanner remains almost non-existent, and patients with a head injury are managed expectantly, often with poor results. Recent military medical experience in southern Afghanistan using a well-equipped surgical facility...
Reduction of paediatric head CT utilisation at a rural general hospital emergency departmentContinuous quality improvementControl chartsrun chartsEmergency departmentHealthcare quality improvementPaediatricsBackgroundLouie, Jeffrey PaulAlfano, JosephNguyen-Tran, ThuyNguyen-Tran, HaiShanley, RyanHolm, TaraFurnival...
2006;18(2):143-7.Babl FE, Borland ML, Phillips N, et al.; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study. Lancet 2017;389:2393-402....
Objectives CT of the brain (CTB) for paediatric head injury is used less frequently at tertiary paediatric emergency departments (EDs) in Australia and New Zealand than in North America. In preparation for release of a national head injury guideline and given the high variation in CTB use ...