Development of clinical decision rules for traumatic intracranial injuries in patients with mild traumatic brain injury in a developing country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of clinical decision rules for prediction of intracranial injury in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) were developed from high-income countries. The application of these rules in low or middle-income countries, where the primary mechanism of injury was traffic accidents, is questionable.

Methods

We developed two practical decision rules from a secondary analysis of a multicenter, prospective cohort of 1,164 patients with mild TBI who visited the emergency departments from 2013 to 2016. The clinical endpoints were the presence of any intracranial injury on CT scans and the requirement of neurosurgical interventions within seven days of onset.

Results

Thirteen predictors were included in both models, which were age ≥60 years, danger

SUBMITTER: Vaniyapong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500687 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature