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EM Basic Essential Evidence- PECARN Head CT Rule

EM Basic Essential Evidence- PECARN Head CT Rule

FromEM Basic


EM Basic Essential Evidence- PECARN Head CT Rule

FromEM Basic

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode reviews the article that most people call the PECARN head CT rule or the Kupperman head CT rule (named for the first author). This is an easy to use clinical decision rule that can help us reduce the number of head CTs that we do on children with minor head injury. We owe it to our patients to spare them excess radiation, cost, and time in the ED and this rules helps us do this. In order to use this rule effectively, you need to read this article and understand how the study was done.  This allows us to understand the strengths and weaknesses of this rule and helps us apply it in our everyday practice.
Released:
Oct 29, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Your boot camp guide to Emergency Medicine. Made for medical students and emergency medicine interns- each podcast goes through the workup, treatment, and disposition of common emergency medicine complaints