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When Can You Discharge Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage from the Emergency Department?

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A 39-year-old male presents to your emergency department (ED) with complaints of a headache after a roll-over motor vehicle accident. Neurosurgery was consulted at the regional trauma center where the consultant recommended observing the patient in the ED with a repeat head CT in six hours. Evidence Click to enlarge.