Efficacy of the implementation of the National Emergency X‐Radiography Utilization Study II decision rule to clinical practice for paediatric head injury patients
| Autor: | Willy Serlo, Maria Hautala, Tytti Pokka, Matti Uhari, Ulla Koskela, Kirsi S. Mikkonen, Heikki Rantala |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Lastenneurologian yksikkö, Children's Hospital, HUS Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study II Sensitivity and Specificity clinical decision rule National Emergency X‐ Decision Support Techniques Head trauma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiography Utilization Study II 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics 030225 pediatrics medicine Craniocerebral Trauma Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child implementation X ray radiography business.industry fungi Head injury Imaging Procedures General Medicine Decision rule brain injury medicine.disease University hospital Radiography Clinical Practice Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency medicine head trauma Emergency Service Hospital Tomography X-Ray Computed business Nexus (standard) |
| Zdroj: | Acta Paediatrica. 110:2200-2205 |
| ISSN: | 1651-2227 0803-5253 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/apa.15859 |
| Popis: | Aim: To investigate the usefulness of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) II head trauma decision rule in clinical practice for paediatric patients in a tertiary university hospital serving as the only paediatric hospital in the area. Methods: We compared how doctors evaluated and examined patients with head injury during two time periods, before and after the introduction of NEXUS II decision rule. Multiple implementation strategies were used as follows: education, tutoring and written instructions for the use of NEXUS II. Results: Two hundred and forty-four head injury patients visited the hospital before and 385 after the introduction of the NEXUS II decision rule. The number of hospital admissions (56%) and the mean duration of hospitalisation (2.5 days) remained the same during the two periods. In the NEXUS II evaluated group, there was a decrease of 40% in the number of hospital admissions. NEXUS II was applied in only 62 (16%) cases. The number of head imaging procedures remained the same. No patients with a clinically significant head injury were missed with the NEXUS II evaluation. Conclusion: NEXUS II was ineffective as our implementation failed. When used, NEXUS II reduced expenses in our study population by decreasing the number of hospital admissions. |
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