Applying the Canadian Head <scp>CT</scp> Criteria to Older Adults Seen in the Emergency Department After a Fall
Older adults presenting after a fall with an unclear history of head injury, or an unclear history of head injury-associated loss of consciousness, amnesia, or disorientation have an elevated risk for clinically important intracranial bleeding that merits emergency brain imaging.
Authors
- Andrew Worster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7085-5061)
- Marcel Émond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7158-8110)
- Sameer Parpia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-5622)
- Debra Eagles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7454-2721)
- Sunjay Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7826-9075)
- Mathew Mercuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-9615)
- David Barbic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-3151)
- Αλεξάνδρα Παπαϊωάννου (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-4279)
- Judy Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6972-3771)
- Ashkan Shoamanesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-1626)
- Yoan K. Kagoma
- Shelley L. McLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-6307)
- Paul T. Engels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2440-5224)
- Rebecca Jeanmonod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5921-5263)
- Éric Mercier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4365-2220)
- Ian G. Stiell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2583-6408)
- Catherine Varner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9696-1329)
- Geoffrey J. Kerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-4647)
- Kerstin de Wit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2763-6474)
- Ian M. Buchanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5420-9477)
- Mariyam Ali
- Natasha Clayton
- Allie Chown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2868-4999)
Institutions
- St. Luke's University Health Network (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA)
- Ottawa Public Health (CA)
- Impact (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70191
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39