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Intervention groups.
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Population demographics
Patients, n 85 Age, mean±SD 64±20 Gender M (%)/F(%) 60 (71%)/25 (29%) Race W (%)/B (%)/O (%) 63 (74%)/17 (20%)/5 (6%) BMI, mean±SD (kg/m2) 27±6 Mechanism of injury Motor vehicle collision, n (%) 18 (21%) Gunshot wound, n (%) 1 (1%) Fall, n (%) 49 (58%) Other, n (%) 17 (20%) Mechanism of trauma Blunt, n (%) 82 (96%) Penetrating, n (%) 3 (4%) GCS at admission 14.6±0.57 LOS, mean±SD (days) 6.3±8.1 Mortality, n (%) 0 (0%) B, black; BMI, body mass index; F, female; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; LOS, length of stay; M, male; O, others; W, white.
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Demographics by intervention
No intervention Surgical intervention P value Age, mean±SD 62.2±20.7 67.5±16.9 0.27 Male, n (%) 55 (73%) 4 (67%) 0.37 Female, n (%) 20 (27%) 2 (33%) Black, n (%) 14 (19%) 2 (33%) White, n (%) 55 (73%) 4 (67%) 0.38 Other, n (%) 6 (8%) 0 (0%) Body mass index, mean±SD 26.6±5.57 28.2±10.5 0.37 - Table 3
Initial injury classification by intervention
No intervention Surgical intervention P value AIS brain 3.4±0.6 4.8±0.3 <0.001 Patients, n 75 6 SDH size (cm) 0.49±0.3 1.1±0.6 0.05 Patients with SDH, n 29 5 Midline shift (cm) 0.49±0.5 0.56±0.4 0.38 Patients with midline shift, n 6 5 AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; SDH, subdural hematoma.
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Initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) change by intervention group
Initial GCS Hour 6 GCS Hour 24 GCS No intervention (75 patients) 14.6 14.6 14.6 Surgical intervention (6 patients) 15 13.1 13 Δ 0–6 hours Δ 6–24 hours Δ 0–24 hours No intervention (75 patients) 0.06±0.47 −0.01± 0.82 0.06±0.86 Surgical intervention (6 patients) −1.8±2.7 −0.12±2 −2±3 P value 0.09 0.44 0.09
Routine repeat head CT may not be necessary for patients with mild TBI
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