| Early management of children with minor head injuries. | |
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PMID: 20364783 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In the UK, about 260,000 children with head injuries attend emergency departments each year (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2007, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) 2009). About 90 per cent of these injuries are minor and can be managed without admission to hospital (Swann and Teasdale 1999). Clinical guidelines for early management of head injury have recently been published by NICE in England and Wales, and by SIGN in Scotland, to standardise management across the UK. This article discusses the role of emergency nurses in implementing these guidelines. |
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Authors:
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Carol Hawley |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association Volume: 17 ISSN: 1354-5752 ISO Abbreviation: Emerg Nurse Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-06 Completed Date: 2010-04-23 Revised Date: 2010-06-09 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9208913 Medline TA: Emerg Nurse Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 32-6; quiz 37 Citation Subset: N |
Affiliation:
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Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry. |
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Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy* Documentation Early Diagnosis Emergency Nursing / methods* Emergency Treatment* / methods, nursing Glasgow Coma Scale Great Britain / epidemiology Humans Infant Nurse's Role Nursing Assessment / methods* Nursing Records Practice Guidelines as Topic* Time Factors Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
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Emerg Nurse. 2010 May;18(2):8
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