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Research type: |
Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Diagnostic management strategies for adults and children with minor head injury: a systematic review and an economic evaluation (Pandor) 202 pages, Volume 15, number 27 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta15270 |
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Headline: |
Review found that the Canadian Computed Tomography Head Rule was the most widely validated strategy for managing minor head injury in adults, but decision rules for children needed further validation |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Pandor A, Goodacre S, Harnan S, Holmes M, Pickering A, et al. Diagnostic management strategies for adults and children with minor head injury: a systematic review and an economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2011;15(27). |
Project ref: |
07/37/08 |
Original project title: |
The cost-effectiveness of investigation and hospital admission for minor (GCS 13-15) head injury |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Steve Goodacre, Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield |
Start Date: |
February 2009 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
August 2011 |
Cost: |
£183,936 |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 144 kbytes) |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
90 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1765 |
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