Causes and outcomes of mild traumatic brain injury:​ an analysis of CIREN data

Dischinger, P.; Read, K.; Kerns, T.; Ho, S.; Kufera, J.; Burch, C.; Jawed, N.; Burges, A.; Bents, F.

Affiliations

¹Charles McC. Mathias National Study Center for Trauma and EMS, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

²Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Abstract

Approximately one-half of vehicle occupants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a mild TBI (admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15 with transient loss of consciousness). However, despite the label of “mild”, many of these injuries result in long-term consequences; frequently these sequelae go unrecognized, as the patients are lost to medical follow-up. The Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) project affords us the opportunity to examine the crash circumstances, injury sources and outcomes of mild TBI cases in greater detail.

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