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A US study has revealed that children from minority groups are less likely to receive a CT scan to detect brain injury in an emergency department than their white counterparts.

The research revealed that white children at a low risk of brain injury following a traumatic event were much more likely to receive a CT scan than African-American and Hispanic children.

However in high risk cases of brain injury, there was no significant link between CT scans and race, according to the study which was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference in Boston.

Researcher Alexander Rogers said: "In this low-risk population, higher rates of cranial CT may represent overuse in white children, leading to increased radiation exposure and healthcare costs."

This follows research published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine which suggested that there is no need to hospitalise children who have tested normal in a brain scan after a head trauma scare.

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