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Cutaneous Impact Location Predicts Intracranial Injury Among the Elderly Population with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Marián SedlákAdonis WazirAikaterini DimaJakub GazdaRadoslav Morochovič
Published in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2023)
The CIL of head injury is a predictor of intracranial lesions among geriatric patients with traumatic brain injury. Physicians should be aware of this association when assessing elderly patients with head injuries. More studies are needed to develop a clinical management tool incorporating CIL to guide the diagnosis of TBI in this population.
Keyphrases
  • traumatic brain injury
  • optic nerve
  • middle aged
  • severe traumatic brain injury
  • primary care
  • community dwelling
  • optical coherence tomography
  • mild traumatic brain injury