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Expert Panel on Neurological Imaging; Shih RY, Burns J, Ajam AA, et al. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma: 2021 update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 May;18(5S):S13-36.Full text  Abstract

American College of Surgeons. Best practice guidelines: the management of traumatic brain injury. 2024 [internet publication].Full text

Carney N, Totten AM, O'Reilly C, et al. Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury, Fourth Edition. Neurosurgery. 2017 Jan 1;80(1):6-15.Full text  Abstract

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