CAUSES AND OUTCOMES OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: AN ANALYSIS OF CIREN DATA

Approximately one-half of vehicle occupants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a mild TBI [admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15 with transient loss of consciousness]. However, despite the label of "mild", many of these injuries result in long-term consequences; frequently these sequelae go unrecognized, as the patients are lost to medical follow-up. The Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) project affords us the opportunity to examine the crash circumstances, injury sources and outcomes of mild TBI cases in greater detail.

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  Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

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  Barrington, IL  United States  60011-4176
• Authors:
  • Dischinger, P
  • READ, K
  • Kerns, T
  • Ho, S
  • Kufera, J
  • Burch, C
  • Jawed, N
  • BURGESS, A
  • Bents, F
• Conference:
  • Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 47th Annual Conference
  • Location: Lisbon, Portugal
  • Date: 2003-9-22 to 2003-9-24
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 577-589
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brain; Crash injury research; Follow up investigation; Injuries; Injury severity; Traffic crash victims
• Identifier Terms: Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964938
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 23 2003 12:00AM