Outcomes in Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Without Acute Intracranial Traumatic Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects millions of people in the US each year. Most patients with TBI seen in emergency departments (EDs) have a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 and a head computed tomography (CT) scan showing no acute intracranial traumatic injury (negative head CT scan), yet the short-term and long-term functional outcomes of this subset of patients remain unclear.

Objective

To describe the 2-week and 6-month recovery outcomes in a cohort of patients with mild TBI with a GCS score of 15 and a negative head CT scan.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed participants who were enrolled from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2018, in the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI)

SUBMITTER: Madhok DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386538 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature