Analysis of incidence of traumatic brain injury in blunt trauma patients with Glasgow Coma Scale of 12 or less.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important for improving survival and neurologic outcome in trauma victims. The purpose of this study was to assess whether Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 12 or less can predict the presence of TBI and the severity of associated injuries in blunt trauma patients.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study including 303,435 blunt trauma patients who were transferred from the scene to hospital from 1998 to 2013. The data was obtained from the records of the National Trauma Registry maintained by Israel's National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research, in the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research. All blunt trauma patients with GCS 12 or less were included in this study. Data collected in the r

SUBMITTER: Becker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034161 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature