Author:
Dooley J.M.,Camfield P.R.,O'Neill M.,Vohra A.
Abstract
ABSTRACT:We studied the value of CT scans for all children referred because of headache to one secondary and one tertiary pediatric centre during a 1 year period. Of 117 children who were seen by the Pediatric Neurology Service, at the I.W.K. Children's Hospital, 4 had CT scans and only 1 of these was abnormal. The consultant Pediatrician saw 40 children because of headache. CT scans were done on 3 of these patients and all were normal. None of the children who had a clinical assessment alone had unrecognized neurological disease during 20 months of follow-up. Therefore only 1 of 157 children had significant intracranial pathology. We conclude that CT scans have a limited role in the management of children with headache.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Neurology,General Medicine
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