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Usage: <code><nowiki>{{Canadian CT Head Calculator}}</nowiki></code>
Usage: <code><nowiki>{{Canadian CT Head Calculator}}</nowiki></code>
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=== Canadian CT Head Rule ===
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| style="background:#27ae60; color:white; text-align:center; width:25%; font-weight:bold;" | All No
| style="background:#27ae60; color:white; text-align:center; width:25%; font-weight:bold;" | All No
| '''CT NOT required''' — Low risk for clinically important brain injury. Safe for discharge with head injury instructions.
| '''CT NOT required''' — Low risk for clinically important brain injury. Safe for discharge with [[Head trauma (main)|head injury]] instructions.
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| style="background:#f39c12; color:white; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Medium risk ≥1
| style="background:#f39c12; color:white; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Medium risk ≥1

Latest revision as of 16:49, 21 March 2026

Interactive Canadian CT Head Rule calculator. Requires the calculator gadget. Usage: {{Canadian CT Head Calculator}}

Canadian CT Head Rule

Canadian CT Head Rule
High Risk (for neurosurgical intervention)
Criteria No Yes
GCS <15 at 2 hours after injury 1
Suspected open or depressed skull fracture 1
Any sign of basal skull fracture (hemotympanum, raccoon eyes, CSF otorrhea/rhinorrhea, Battle sign) 1
Vomiting ≥2 episodes 1
Age ≥65 years 1
Medium Risk (for brain injury on CT)
Amnesia before impact >30 min 1
Dangerous mechanism (pedestrian struck, occupant ejected, fall from ≥3 feet or ≥5 stairs) 1
High Risk Criteria / 5
Medium Risk Criteria / 2
Interpretation
All No CT NOT required — Low risk for clinically important brain injury. Safe for discharge with head injury instructions.
Medium risk ≥1 CT recommended — Risk of brain injury on CT. Imaging indicated.
High risk ≥1 CT required — High risk for neurosurgical intervention. Urgent CT head.
References
  • Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen K, et al. The Canadian CT Head Rule for patients with minor head injury. Lancet. 2001;357(9266):1391-1396. PMID 11356436.
  • Stiell IG, Clement CM, Rowe BH, et al. Comparison of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria in patients with minor head injury. JAMA. 2005;294(12):1511-1518. PMID 16189364.
  • Inclusion criteria: GCS 13-15, age ≥16, injury within 24 hours, witnessed LOC/amnesia/disorientation.