Multidetector computerized tomography scan findings of the head in patients with head injury at Kenyatta National Hospital

Abstract

Assessment of the critically injured patient is time - dependent and should not delay definitive care, which in many cases requires surgery. Computed tomography has certainly fulfilled that criterion and it has become the most important diagnostic innovation in evaluating head injuries. It has generally replaced insensitive, non specific and difficult to interpret studies with one accurate, simple and non-invasive study.