Hospital admission of older patients with mild traumatic brain injury and traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: is it always necessary?

ABSTRACT:

Background and importance

Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is not uncommon in the elderly. Often, these patients are admitted to the hospital for observation. The necessity of admission in the absence of clinically important intracranial injuries is however unclear.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to identify which factors additional to tICH affect the risk of this outcome and to evaluate the differences in the risk of adverse outcome in younger and older mTBI patients with tICH.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective study assessed adult (≥ 16 years) mTBI patients with tICH admitted to a Level 1 trauma center between January 2017 and October 2020.

Outcome measures and analysis

Patients we

SUBMITTER: Santing JAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11725537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature