BACKGROUND It is becoming a standard practice that any “positive” identification of a
radiographic intracranial injury requires transfer of the patient to a trauma center for …

METHODS This is a prospective, observational, multi-institutional trial across nine Levels I
and II trauma centers. Adult (16 years or older) blunt TBI patients with a positive initial head …

Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), or concussion, is a common cause for admission at
trauma centers, particularly those centers admitting primarily blunt trauma victims …

Background The Brain Injury Guidelines provide an algorithm fortreating patients with
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) that does not mandate …

Background: Computed tomographic (CT) head scanning of blunt trauma patients is
expensive, delays care, and necessitates radiation exposure, while detecting intracranial …

Objective: The circumstances of failure for nonoperative management of blunt traumatic
brain injury have been poorly defined. In this study, all trauma patients identified over a 12 …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 597–604© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The objective was to compare the …

BACKGROUND To optimize neurosurgical resources, guidelines were developed at our
institution, allowing the acute care surgeons to independently manage traumatic intracranial …

Background Traumatic brain injury poses a serious public health challenge. Treatment
paradigms have dramatically shifted with the introduction of the American Association of …

Background To determine the utility of routine serial head computed tomography (H-CT) for
predicting need for invasive neurosurgical intervention in patients with blunt intracranial …