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Should all anticoagulated patients with head injury receive a CT scan? Decision-analysis modelling of an observational cohort.

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OBJECTIVES:It is not currently clear whether all anticoagulated patients with a head injury should receive CT scanning or only those with evidence of traumatic brain injury (eg, loss of consciousness or amnesia). We aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of CT for all compared with selective CT use for anticoagulated patients with a head injury. DESIGN:Decision-analysis modelling of data from a multicentre observational study. SETTING:33 emergency departments in England and Scotland. PARTICIPANTS:3566 adults (aged ≥16 years) who had suffered blunt head injury, were taking warfarin and underwent selective CT scanning. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Estimated expected benefits in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were the entire cohort to receive a CT scan; estimated increased costs of CT and also the potential cost implications associated with patient survival and improved health. These values were used to estimate the cost per QALY of implementing a strategy of CT for all patients compared with observed practice based on guidelines recommending selective CT use. RESULTS:Of the 1420 of 3534 patients (40%) who did not receive a CT scan, 7 (0.5%) suffered a potentially avoidable head injury-related adverse outcome. If CT scanning had been performed in all patients, appropriate treatment could have gained 3.41 additional QALYs but would have incurred £193 149 additional treatment costs and £130 683 additional CT costs. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £94 895/QALY gained for unselective compared with selective CT use is markedly above the threshold of £20-30 000/QALY used by the UK National Institute for Care Excellence to determine cost-effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS:CT scanning for all anticoagulated patients with head injury is not cost-effective compared with selective use of CT scanning based on guidelines recommending scanning only for those with evidence of traumatic brain injury. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER:NCT 02461498.

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BMJ Open

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BMJ open

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Kuczawski M,Stevenson M,Goodacre S,Teare MD,Ramlakhan S,Morris F,Mason S

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10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013742

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Has Abstract

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2016-12-13 00:00:00

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e013742

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2044-6055

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bmjopen-2016-013742

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Should all anticoagulated patients with head injury receive a CT scan? Decision-analysis modelling of an observational cohort.