Work

Imaging in Minor Head Injury: Early complications and late consequences

Year: 2008

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Head injury is traditionally\ndivided into minor, moderate or\nsevere head injury, depending on\nthe patient’s presenting level of consciousness\nas expressed in the Glasgow Coma Scale\n(GCS) score. Th e vast majority of patients\n(>90%) present with a normal or nearnormal\nlevel of consciousness (GSC score of\n13–15) and are thus classifi ed as minor head\ninjury patients (1, 2). With an estimated\n60 000 patients annually in the Netherlands,\nminor head injury forms a major health care\nand societal burden. Despite being classifi ed\nas ‘minor’, the injury is not inconsequential.\nConsequences of minor head injury can\nbe divided into early, potentially lifethreatening\ncomplications, and long-term\nfunctional disability as well as a wide range of postconcussive complaints.

Source: EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Author: Marion Smits

Language: English

Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2110320498

Cites: 89

Cited by: 1

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