Reduction of paediatric head CT utilisation at a rural general hospital emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blunt head injury is a common pediatric injury and often evaluated in general emergency departments. It estimated that 50% of children will undergo a head computed tomography (CT), often unnecessarily exposing the child to ionizing radiation. Pediatric academic centers have shown quality improvement (QI) measures can reduce head CT rates within their emergency departments. We aimed to reduce head CT utilization at a rural community emergency department.

Methods

Children presenting with a complaint of blunt head injury and were evaluated with or without a head CT. Head CT rate was the primary outcome. We developed a series of interventions and presented these to the general emergency department over the duration of the study. The pre and intervention data was analy

SUBMITTER: Louie JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature