Frequency of Negative of Computed Tomography Scan Findings in Head Trauma

Abstract

The objectives of this study to assess the Frequency of negative CT scan findings in head trauma, to review our practice and decrease the un necessary CT exams and to study the causes of increasing CT scan for with negative findings in head trauma, the Study carried out in Sudan at three hospitals in the period from the first of march to the first of may 2018the study included 153,102(66.7%) were males and 51(33.75%)were females had head trauma requested by CT scan the ages was between 11and 89 years old the mean of ages was 44 years the study found that there were 106(69.3%) patients without clinical history 47(30.7%)patients with clinical history, the negative CT findings were 91(59.5%) the positive CT scan findings were 62(40.5%), the relation between clinical findings and clinical history (81.3%)from the total of negative CT scan findings had no clinical history 17(18.7%) of the negative CTscan had clinical history, in the positive CT scan there were 32( 51.2%) without clinical history ,the study found that the unnecessary ct scan examinations were(48.8%) from the total they were without clinical history and without clinical findings I suggest that good practice means good request form ruled by NICE guidelines lead to good diagnosis , reduce number of unnecessary CT scans and reduce the exposure to radiation,