External validation of computed tomography decision rules for minor head injury:prospective, multicentre cohort study in the Netherlands

OBJECTIVE: To externally validate four commonly used rules in computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury. DESIGN: Prospective, multicentre cohort study. SETTING: Three university and six non-university hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Consecutive adult patients aged 16 years and over who presented with minor head injury at the emergency department with a Glasgow coma scale score of 13-15 between March 2015 and December 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was any intracranial traumatic finding on CT; the secondary outcome was a potential neurosurgical lesion on CT, w... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Foks, Kelly A
van den Brand, Crispijn L
Lingsma, Hester F
van der Naalt, Joukje
Jacobs, Bram
de Jong, Eline
den Boogert, Hugo F
Sir, Özcan
Patka, Peter
Polinder, Suzanne
Gaakeer, Menno I
Schutte, Charlotte E
Jie, Kim E
Visee, Huib F
Hunink, Myriam G M
Reijners, Eef
Braaksma, Meriam
Schoonman, Guus G
Steyerberg, Ewout W
Jellema, Korné
Dippel, Diederik W J
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: Foks , K A , van den Brand , C L , Lingsma , H F , van der Naalt , J , Jacobs , B , de Jong , E , den Boogert , H F , Sir , Ö , Patka , P , Polinder , S , Gaakeer , M I , Schutte , C E , Jie , K E , Visee , H F , Hunink , M G M , Reijners , E , Braaksma , M , Schoonman , G G , Steyerberg , E W , Jellema , K & Dippel , D W J 2018 , ' External validation of computed tomography decision rules for minor head injury : prospective, multicentre cohort study in the Netherlands ' , BMJ-British medical journal , vol. 362 , k3527 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k3527
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/keywords/researchprograms/AFL001000/EMCMM044402 / name=EMC MM-04-44-02 / /dk/atira/pure/keywords/researchprograms/AFL001000/EMCNIHES026501 / name=EMC NIHES-02-65-01 / /dk/atira/pure/keywords/researchprograms/AFL001000/EMCNIHES033002 / name=EMC NIHES-03-30-02
Sprache: Englisch
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OBJECTIVE: To externally validate four commonly used rules in computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury. DESIGN: Prospective, multicentre cohort study. SETTING: Three university and six non-university hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Consecutive adult patients aged 16 years and over who presented with minor head injury at the emergency department with a Glasgow coma scale score of 13-15 between March 2015 and December 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was any intracranial traumatic finding on CT; the secondary outcome was a potential neurosurgical lesion on CT, which was defined as an intracranial traumatic finding on CT that could lead to a neurosurgical intervention or death. The sensitivity, specificity, and clinical usefulness (defined as net proportional benefit, a weighted sum of true positive classifications) of the four CT decision rules. The rules included the CT in head injury patients (CHIP) rule, New Orleans criteria (NOC), Canadian CT head rule (CCHR), and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline for head injury. RESULTS: For the primary analysis, only six centres that included patients with and without CT were selected. Of 4557 eligible patients who presented with minor head injury, 3742 (82%) received a CT scan; 384 (8%) had a intracranial traumatic finding on CT, and 74 (2%) had a potential neurosurgical lesion. The sensitivity for any intracranial traumatic finding on CT ranged from 73% (NICE) to 99% (NOC); specificity ranged from 4% (NOC) to 61% (NICE). Sensitivity for a potential neurosurgical lesion ranged between 85% (NICE) and 100% (NOC); specificity from 4% (NOC) to 59% (NICE). Clinical usefulness depended on thresholds for performing CT scanning: the NOC rule was preferable at a low threshold, the NICE rule was preferable at a higher threshold, whereas the CHIP rule was preferable for an intermediate threshold. CONCLUSIONS: Application of the CHIP, NOC, CCHR, or NICE decision rules can lead to a wide variation in CT scanning among ...