Call neurosurgery for head trauma with falling GCS (especially < 8), new focal deficits or pupillary changes, seizures, or CT showing epidural > 15 mm or subdural > 10 mm.

For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively, even when validated tools suggest the risk of serious trauma is low. In most cases, the scan confirms what clinicians ...

A traumatic brain injury occurs when an external force disrupts normal brain function. That force does not have to be ...

Team members with the Defense Health Agency’s Operational Medical Systems program management office routinely engage with ...

A simple blood test which can detect traumatic head injuries can speed up diagnosis and reduce the need for detected by CT ...

Development could ‘dramatically’ reduce reliance on CT scans, speed up treatment and improve patient flow through emergency ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microdynamic motion shows region-specific ...