Management of Minor Head Injuries
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Minor head injuries--an admission policy.
INTRODUCTION Approximately one million patients are seen at United Kingdom hospitals each year after head injury. About 20 per cent are admitted (Jennett, 1978) and the majority of those admitted go home within 48 hours. The question arises, are many patients admitted for insufficient reasons, and this raises the related problem. Should all head injuries have a skull x-ray? A review of the lite...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.67.791.864-b