Minor head injury in the Republic of Ireland: evaluation of written information given at discharge from emergency departments
| Autor: | Richard W Morris, Lynda Mason, Tom Peachey, Matthew Cooke, Carol Hawley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Minor Head Injury
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| Zdroj: | Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 28(8) |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| Popis: | Most patients presenting to the emergency department with minor head injuries are discharged with written information. Here the quality of minor head injury discharge leaflets in the Republic of Ireland is evaluated against a nationally accepted template. There was great variability in leaflet content. Most provided minimal information on emergency symptoms but 60% contained no information on post-concussional symptoms. No leaflet was available in audio-format or languages other than English. Information provided in minor head injury leaflets should be improved and standardised across Ireland. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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