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Title: | Management of head injury in children less than 2 years of age : high time for a guideline |
Authors: | Cachia Pickard, Agnes Borg, Malcolm |
Keywords: | Children -- Wounds and injuries Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Malta Evidence-based medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Publisher: | Malta Medical Journal |
Citation: | Malta Medical Journal. 2007, Vol.19(3), p. 18-22 |
Abstract: | The assessment of children aged less than two years who present with head injury poses a challenge to the examining doctor due to the inability of the patient to give a history. A literature search found only two sets of guidelines which include the management of children less than 2 years of age, namely the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Harvard (DEMCHH) guidelines. A retrospective study was carried to assess current practice in the A&E department of St. Luke's Hospital. Our study showed that most patients (94%) underwent radiological investigation and more than 55% were advised admission. The development and implementation of evidence based guidelines would decrease the number of radiological investigations performed and the number of patient admissions. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/808 |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 19, Issue 3 MMJ, Volume 19, Issue 3 |
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