New Orleans/Charity Head Trauma/Injury Rule

Defines criteria for which patients are unlikely to require CT brain imaging after trauma, by New Orleans study guidelines.

(New Orleans CT Head Criteria Only Apply to GCS 15 Patients)
Headache?
Vomiting?
Age > 60?
Alcohol or Drug Intoxication?
Persisent anterograde amnesia (short-term memory deficits)?
Visible Trauma above the Clavicle?
Seizure?
Patient has none of these

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