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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul;18(7):607–613. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001173

TABLE 2.

Neuroimaging study indications

Indication Number (%) of Patients, All Imaging Studies (n = 1705) Number (%) of Patients, Final Imaging Study (n = 389)
Follow up 502 (29.4%) 81 (20.8%)
Altered mental status 268 (15.7%) 71 (18.3%)
Seizures 214 (12.6%) 57 (14.7%)
Fever/Concern for infection 201 (11.8%) 58 (14.9%)
Shunt evaluation 185 (10.9%) 6 (1.5%)
Abnormal neurologic exam 151 (8.9%) 37 (9.5%)
Headache 78 (4.6%) 21 (5.4%)
Vomiting 58 (3.4%) 9 (2.3%)
Hypertension and/or bradycardia 41 (2.4%) 11 (2.8%)
Trauma 29 (1.7%) 9 (2.3%)
Apnea 23 (1.3%) 10 (2.6%)
Cardiac arrest 21 (1.2%) 9 (2.3%)
Concern for hemorrhage 20 (1.2%) 10 (2.6%)
Abnormal sodium 10 (0.6%) 5 (1.3%)