What effect did the New Zealand COVID-19 lockdown have on computed tomography-head scan utilisation in patients presenting to the emergency department with traumatic head injuries?
Eden HawkinsBeatrice StewartMargaret HugginsKathryn CompsonPeter LarsenAlice RoganPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2023)
During the first COVID-19 lockdown in NZ, the total number of patients presenting to the ED decreased by one third. Reassuringly, the proportion of patients who presented with head injuries, had a CT-head scan performed, and had positive CT-head findings remained the same as the previous year.
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