Utility of Neurosurgical Consultation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Autor:	William S. Miles, Michael H. Thomason, Toan Huynh, David G. Jacobs, Stephanie Dix, Ronald F. Sing
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation Subarachnoid hemorrhage Traumatic brain injury business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Glasgow Coma Scale General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Head trauma Blunt trauma medicine Injury Severity Score Neurosurgery business
Zdroj:	The American Surgeon. 72:1162-1167
ISSN:	1555-9823 0003-1348
DOI:	10.1177/000313480607201204
Popis:	Trauma patients presenting with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 14–15 are considered to have mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with overall good neurologic outcomes. Current practice consists of initial stabilization, followed by a head CT, and neurosurgical consultation. Aside from serial neurologic examinations, patients with a GCS of 15 rarely require neurosurgical intervention. In this study, we examined the added value of neurosurgical consultation in the care of patients after TBI with a GCS of 15. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients presenting after blunt trauma with an abnormal head CT and GCS of 15 between January 2004 and January 2005. Patients with a normal head CT and
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