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The Canadian CT Head Rule for patients with minor head injury
- I. Stiell, G. Wells, K. Vandemheen, C. Clément, for the Ccc Study Group
- Medicine
- The Lancet
- 5 May 2001
BACKGROUND
There is much controversy about the use of computed tomography (CT) for patients with minor head injury. We aimed to develop a highly sensitive clinical decision rule for use of CT in… Expand
Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome.
CONTEXT
The health and policy implications of regional variation in incidence and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain to be determined.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate whether cardiac arrest… Expand
Clinical prediction rules. A review and suggested modifications of methodological standards.
- A. Laupacis, N. Sekar, I. Stiell
- Medicine
- JAMA
- 12 February 1997
BACKGROUND
Clinical prediction rules are decision-making tools for clinicians, containing variables from the history, physical examination, or simple diagnostic tests.
OBJECTIVE
To review the… Expand
Excluding Pulmonary Embolism at the Bedside without Diagnostic Imaging: Management of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Presenting to the Emergency Department by Using a Simple Clinical…
- P. Wells, D. Anderson, +7 authors M. Kovacs
- Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- 17 July 2001
Pulmonary embolism is a relatively common disease, with an estimated annual incidence in the United States of 23 cases diagnosed per 100 000 persons (1). More than 50% of cases are undiagnosed.… Expand
Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community
- C. van Walraven, I. Dhalla, +5 authors A. Forster
- Medicine
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- 6 April 2010
Background: Readmissions to hospital are common, costly and often preventable. An easy-to-use index to quantify the risk of readmission or death after discharge from hospital would help clinicians… Expand
Users' guides to the medical literature: XXII: how to use articles about clinical decision rules. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
Clinical experience provides clinicians with an intuitive sense of which findings on history, physical examination, and investigation are critical in making an accurate diagnosis, or an accurate… Expand
Methodologic standards for the development of clinical decision rules in emergency medicine.
The purpose of this review is to present a guide to help readers critically appraise the methodologic quality of an article or articles describing a clinical decision rule. This guide will also be… Expand
The Canadian C-spine rule versus the NEXUS low-risk criteria in patients with trauma.
- I. Stiell, C. Clement, +15 authors G. Wells
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 25 December 2003
BACKGROUND
The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to guide the use of… Expand
CATCH: a clinical decision rule for the use of computed tomography in children with minor head injury
- M. Osmond, T. Klassen, +11 authors I. Stiell
- Medicine
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- 9 March 2010
Background: There is controversy about which children with minor head injury need to undergo computed tomography (CT). We aimed to develop a highly sensitive clinical decision rule for the use of CT… Expand
A study to develop clinical decision rules for the use of radiography in acute ankle injuries.
- I. Stiell, G. Greenberg, R. McKnight, R. Nair, I. McDowell, J. Worthington
- Medicine
- Annals of emergency medicine
- 1 April 1992
STUDY OBJECTIVE
To develop decision rules that will predict fractures in patients with ankle injuries, thereby assisting clinicians in being more selective in their use of radiography.
DESIGN… Expand