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New Orleans/Charity Head Trauma/Injury Rule

Clinical manifestations: applies only to patients with Glasgow coma scale of 15 - headache - vomiting - alcohol or drug intoxication - persisent anterograde amnesia - visible trauma above the clavicle - seizure Radiology: - if none of the features are present after mild traumatic head injury, neuroimaging with MRI not indicated

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Canadian CT Head Rule head injury traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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numerical rating scale (NRS)

References

  1. MD+CALC: New Orleans/Charity Head Trauma/Injury Rule http://www.mdcalc.com/new-orleans-charity-head-trauma-injury-rule/
  2. Papa L et al. Performance of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria for predicting any traumatic intracranial injury on computed tomography in a United States level I trauma center. Acad Emerg Med 2012 Jan; 19:2. PMID: 22251188