Key Study: Reducing Head CT Use for Children With Head Injuries in a Community Emergency Department

Key Study: Reducing Head CT Use for Children With Head Injuries in a Community Emergency Department

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Clinical decision rules have reduced use of computed tomography (CT) to evaluate minor pediatric head injury in pediatric emergency departments (EDs). CT use remains high in community EDs, where the majority of children seek medical care. We sought to reduce the rate of CT scans used to evaluate pediatric head injury from 29% to 20% in a community ED.