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Head injury - Management
Basis for recommendation
- These recommendations are based on the clinical guidance Head injury: triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults, produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care, and commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care, 2007]. It can be downloaded from www.nice.org.uk (pdf).
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