The patient with head injury and a Glasgow coma score of 15: Is a brain CT examination indicated?
SA Journal of Radiology
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| Title | The patient with head injury and a Glasgow coma score of 15: Is a brain CT examination indicated? | |
| Creator | Benade, S. L. Scher, A. T. | |
| Description | The decision as to whether to perform a CT examination of the brain in patients with a Glasgow coma score of 15 after injury is often difficult, given the limited CT scanning facilities available in state hospitals. A retrospective evaluation of 100 consecutive head-injury patients presenting with a Glasgow coma score of 15 at Tygerberg Hospital was therefore carried out. In a surprisingly high number of patients (50%) abnormal findings due to the injury were detected. Analysis of the clinical history parameters did not demonstrate a significant association with abnormal CT findings. It is therefore concluded that brain CT examination in patients with a Glasgow coma score of 15 is justified and that the Glasgow coma scale is a poor predictor of intracranial injury. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2003-08-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajr.v7i3.1391 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 7, No 3 (2003); 14-16 2078-6778 1027-202X | |
| Language | eng | |
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