GCS 15: when mild TBI isn't so mild.

Latha GantiTej SteadYasamin DaneshvarAakash N BodhitChrista PulvinoSarah W AyalaKeith R Peters

Published in: Neurological research and practice (2019)

This study underscores: 1) the importance of neuroimaging in all patients with TBI, including those with a GCS 15. Fully 10% of our cohort was not imaged. Extrapolating, these would represent 2.5% bleeds, and 1.47% fractures. 2) The limitations of GCS in classifying TBI, as patients with even the mildest of mild TBI have a high frequency of gross CT abnormalities.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
high frequency
severe traumatic brain injury
mild traumatic brain injury
transcranial magnetic stimulation
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
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