The Utility of Performing Brain CT Scan in Non Trauma Patients at the Pediatric Emergency Unit

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Increased Intracraneal Pressure; Convulsions

Treatments: Procedure: Medical history; Procedure: Brain CT scan

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00456391

5200906.EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pediatric patients are admitted to the emergency room for diverse causes, beside trauma, patients can present with convulsions, suspicion of brain tumor or increased intracranial pressure. In most of the cases a brain CT is performed even before physical examination by a skilled neurologist. The amount of radiation that the children are exposed is equivalent to 100 plain chest X rays. The purpose of this tudy is to examinate in a retrospective study what were the indications for CT study and what was the incidence of relevant abnormal findings that required emergency intervention or referral.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients in the pediatric age that underwent brain CT scan in the pediatric emergency room

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with recent history of trauma