Postdeployment traumatic brain injury screening questions: Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values in returning soldiers.

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi P. Terrio ◽  
Lonnie A. Nelson ◽  
Lisa M. Betthauser ◽  
Jeri E. Harwood ◽  
Lisa A. Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Screening Questions ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity ◽  
Injury Screening

Reducing head computed tomography after mild traumatic brain injury: Screening value of clinical findings and S100B protein levels

Brain Injury ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shadi Asadollahi ◽  
Kamran Heidari ◽  
Mehrdad Taghizadeh ◽  
Arash Mohammad Seidabadi ◽  
Morteza Jamshidian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
S100b Protein ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Injury Screening ◽  
Head Computed Tomography

scholarly journals Validation of the scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minor and moderate head trauma in children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Sönnerqvist ◽  
Ole Brus ◽  
Magnus Olivecrona
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Negative Predictive Value ◽  
Head Trauma ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Initial Management

Abstract Background Head trauma in children is common, with a low rate of clinically important traumatic brain injury. CT scan is the reference standard for diagnosis of traumatic brain injury, of which the increasing use is alarming because of the risk of induction of lethal malignancies. Recently, the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee derived new guidelines for the initial management of minor and moderate head trauma. Our aim was to validate these guidelines. Methods We applied the guidelines to a population consisting of children with mild and moderate head trauma, enrolled in the study: “Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study” by Kuppermann et al. (Lancet 374(9696):1160–1170, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61558-0, 2009). We calculated the negative predictive values of the guidelines to assess their ability to distinguish children without clinically-important traumatic brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries on CT scans, for whom CT could be omitted. Results We analysed a population of 43,025 children. For clinically-important brain injuries among children with minimal head injuries, the negative predictive value was 99.8% and the rate was 0.15%. For traumatic findings on CT, the negative predictive value was 96.9%. Traumatic finding on CT was detected in 3.1% of children with minimal head injuries who underwent a CT examination, which accounts for 0.45% of all children in this group. Conclusion Children with minimal head injuries can be safely discharged with oral and written instructions. Use of the SNC-G will potentially reduce the use of CT.

An Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Process Among Operation Enduring Freedom and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans

PM&R ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlesnika T. Evans ◽  
Justin R. St. Andre ◽  
Theresa L.-B. Pape ◽  
Monica L. Steiner ◽  
Kevin T. Stroupe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Operation Iraqi Freedom ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Operation Enduring Freedom ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Injury Screening ◽  
Iraqi Freedom

Texas Juvenile Justice Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Project Part I

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (10) ◽  
pp. e32
Author(s):  
Amanda Hahn Ketter ◽  
Wayne Gordon ◽  
Lisa Spielman ◽  
Karla Therese Sy ◽  
Bettie Beckworth
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Injury Screening

Traumatic Brain Injury Screening

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Terrio ◽  
Lisa A. Brenner ◽  
Brian J. Ivins ◽  
John M. Cho ◽  
Katherine Helmick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Injury Screening

scholarly journals Traumatic Brain Injury Screening and the Unmet Health Needs of Shelter-Seeking Women with Head Injuries Related to Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 586-593
Author(s):  
Linda Denise Oakley ◽  
Jeneile Luebke ◽  
Natalie C. Dosch ◽  
Traci R. Snedden ◽  
Hector Hernadez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Unmet Health Needs ◽  
Injury Screening

scholarly journals Paediatric Trauma Score as a non-imaging tool for predicting intracranial haemorrhage in patients with traumatic brain injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heoung Jin Kim ◽  
Sohyun Eun ◽  
Seo Hee Yoon ◽  
Moon Kyu Kim ◽  
Hyun Soo Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Pediatric Trauma ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Reduce Radiation Exposure ◽  
Imaging Tool ◽  
Medium Risk ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity ◽  
Trauma Score

AbstractTo identify a useful non-imaging tool to screen paediatric patients with traumatic brain injury for intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). We retrospectively analysed patients aged < 15 years who visited the emergency department with head trauma between January 2015 and September 2020. We divided patients into two groups (ICH and non-ICH) and compared their demographic and clinical factors. Among 85 patients, 21 and 64 were in the ICH and non-ICH groups, respectively. Age (p = 0.002), Pediatric trauma score (PTS; p < 0.001), seizure (p = 0.042), and fracture (p < 0.001) differed significantly between the two groups. Factors differing significantly between the groups were as follows: age (odds ratio, 0.84, p = 0.004), seizure (4.83, p = 0.013), PTS (0.15, p < 0.001), and fracture (69.3, p < 0.001). Factors with meaningful cut-off values were age (cut-off [sensitivity, specificity], 6.5 [0.688, 0.714], p = 0.003) and PTS [10.5 (0.906, 0.81), p < 0.001]. Based on the previously known value for critical injury (≤ 8 points) and the cut-off value of the PTS identified in this study (≤ 10 points), we divided patients into low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk groups; their probabilities of ICH (95% confidence intervals) were 0.16–12.74%, 35.86–89.14%, and 100%, respectively. PTS was the only factor that differed significantly between mild and severe ICH cases (p = 0.012). PTS is a useful screening tool with a high predictability for ICH and can help reduce radiation exposure when used to screen patient groups before performing imaging studies.

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