The overuse of computed tomography for mild head injury according to the region.
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posted on 2024-01-11, 18:31 authored by Maryam Saran, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Meysam Behzadifar, Mehrdad Gholami, Samad Azari, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Masoud BehzadifarRandom effects model used for analysis (95% confidence interval). The rate of CT overuse in mild head injury patients was 36% [95% CI: 3–92; I2 = 100%] in Europe, 27% [95% CI: 20–36; I2 = 91%] in Asia, and 20% [95% CI: 5–53; I2 = 98%] in America.
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