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Unnecessary CT scans carried out on childrenRSS Feed
Children are often given unnecessary CT scans, which doctors use to detect brain injury, scientists have said.
Research led by Children's Hospital Boston and the University of California Davis found that in the majority of cases of children who have a precautionary brain scan, traumatic brain injury is not present.
Investigators said that in some cases, just observing the child could help physicians to identify any brain injury. This would lessen the number of children being exposed to the unnecessary radiation from the scans.
It was found that just 14 per cent of the patients studied were observed before being given a CT scan.
Co-author Dr Nathan Kuppermann said: "There is a clear need to develop appropriate and safe guidelines for decreasing the number of inappropriate head CT scans that we do on children."
Meanwhile, one expert has advised that traumatic brain injury be treated with calories.
John Erdman, University of Illinois nutrition professor, said that traumatic brain injury patients must receive at least half their standard intake of calories within 24 hours of the event.
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