ArticleSisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni2020
The Importance of Neurological Examination for the Indication of Computed Tomography of the Brain in Pediatric Emergency Room.
Article in Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesIn this study, records of the children who underwent Computed Tomography of the Brain (CTB) were reviewed to increase the awareness of pediatricians to protect patients from radiation, whether CTB was used with right indications or if it was determinative for diagnosis.
methodsIn total, in this study, 342 cases applied to our Pediatric Emergency Polyclinic between January 2005-December 2010 were retrospectively evaluated regarding complaints at admission, neurological examination and CTB results. The sensitivity and specificity of the neurological examination in detecting the CTB pathology was determined.
resultsThe results were normal in 319 of the 342 cases with CBT and abnormal in 23, out of which abnormal CTB results were only in three (0.99%) of the 301 patients with normal neurological examination results and in 20 (48.8%) of 41 patients with abnormal neurological examination results. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p=0.001). The sensitivity and specificity of the neurological examination in detecting CTB pathology were 87% and 94%, respectively.
conclusionDetailed neurological examination of the patients in the pediatric emergency department has a key role in determining the indications for CTB. Clinical follow-up should guide neuroradiological imaging in children with normal results of the neurological examination.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.