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Table 3 Distribution of head injury cases by types of non-adherence practices to the SNC guidelines

From: Diagnostic performance of biomarker S100B and guideline adherence in routine care of mild head trauma

 

N

Overtesting* no

Undertesting** no

Overall no. (% of n)

S100B

CT

S100B & CT

S100B

CT

SNC1–3

608

108

-

-

-

88

175 (28.8%)

SNC4

323

-

10

-

192

4

206 (63.8%)

SNC5

740

88

183

107

-

-

378 (51.1%)

Total

1671

196

193

107

192

71

759 (45.4%)

  1. SNC Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee, CT computerized tomography
  2. *Investigation not recommended by the SNC guideline but still performed
  3. **Investigation recommended by the SNC guideline but not performed