Traumatic brain injury: CT scan does not predict outcome of mild traumatic brain injury

摘要

Strong determinants of poor outcome following mild traumatic brain injury (TB1) are currently controversial. Although evidence-based guidelines recommend acute head CT examination, recent data indicate that alternative factors, such as age and sex, are stronger predictors. New findings, published by researchers from Sweden in the European Journal of Neurology, have now confirmed that CT scans are poor predictors of clinical outcome following mild TBI.