Intracranial haemorrhage detected by cerebral computed tomography after falls in hospital acute medical wards.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is little published data on brain imaging and intracranial haemorrhage after hospital inpatient falls. Imaging protocols for inpatient falls have been adopted from head injury guidelines developed from data in patients presenting to the Emergency Department. We sought to describe the use of brain computed tomography (CT) following inpatient falls, and determine the incidence and potential risk factors for intracranial haemorrhage. METHODS:We identified inpatient falls in acute medical wards at Monash Health, a large hospital network in the southeast region of Melbourne in Australia, from the incident reporting system during a 32 month period. We examined the post-fall medical assessment form, neurological observation chart and the diagnostic imaging system for details of t

SUBMITTER: Stephen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6829924 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature