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The Canadian CT Head Rule for Patients with Minor Head Injury Lancet 357:1391-1396, Stiell,I.G.,et al, 2001 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We derived a CT head rule which consists of five high-risk factors (failure to reach GCS of 15 within 2 h, suspected open skull fracture, any sign of basal skull fracture, vomiting >/=2 episodes, or age >/=65 years) and two additional medium -risk factors (amnesia before impact >30 min and dangerous mechanism of injury). We have developed the Canadian CT Head Rule, a highly sensitive decision rule for use of CT. This rule has the potential to significantly standardize and improve the emerge ncy management of patients with minor head injury.

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