Skull X-ray after head injury: the recommendations of the Royal College of Surgeons Working Party report in practice.

Journal article

In 1986 a Royal College of Surgeons Working Party published guidelines, based on over 15 years of clinical research both here and in the U.S.A., on when to perform skull X-rays on a head injury patient. In this retrospective study the recorded details of 405 patients who presented to an accident and emergency (AandE) department over a 3-month period in 1991 are analysed, and the Report criteria applied to each one to assess whether the guidelines are being followed in performing a skull X-ray...

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Authors: Maclaren, R; Ghoorahoo, H; Kirby, N

• Journal: Archives of emergency medicine
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 138-144
• Publication date: 1993-09-01
• DOI: 10.1136/emj.10.3.138
• EISSN: 1472-0213
• ISSN: 0264-4924
• Language: English
• Keywords: Retrospective Studies; Decision Making; Emergency Service, Hospital; Humans; London; Adolescent; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Craniocerebral Trauma; Adult; Skull; Prevalence