WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a head to head contest between the New Orleans Criteria and the Canadian CT Head Rules, the Canadian rules showed higher sensitivity and ...

Background: The Canadian CT Head Rule was developed to allow physicians to be more selective when ordering computed tomography (CT) imaging for patients with minor head injury. We sought to evaluate ...

This new rule complements the widely used Canadian CT Head rule, which applies to patients with disorientation, amnesia or loss of consciousness. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

This new rule complements the widely used Canadian CT Head rule, which applies to patients with disorientation, amnesia or loss of consciousness.

evidence-based guidelines on the use of CT scans in children with minor head injuries. A team of researchers from pediatric institutions across Canada have developed the CATCH rule (Canadian ...

the investigators developed a decision rule for when to perform a CT of the head, which they called the Canadian Assessment of Tomography for Childhood Head injury (CATCH) rule. This rule states ...

A team of researchers from pediatric institutions across Canada has developed a set of rules ... inside the head." In Canada, use of CT scans to investigate minor head injuries in Canadian ...