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To identify pre-hospital, clinical, and computed tomography factors that predict mortality and six-month functional outcome in patients with severe head injury.

January 1, 1993British Journal of Neurosurgery

The Westmead Head Injury Project outcome in severe head injury. A comparative analysis of pre-hospital, clinical and CT variables

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MFMichael R. FearnsideWestmead Hospital RCRaymond CookRoyal North Shore Hospital PMPatricia McDougallRoyal Society of Canada

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Prospective cohort study reveals clinical and CT predictors of mortality in severe head injury, highlighting prognostic model accuracy.

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To identify pre-hospital, clinical, and computed tomography factors that predict mortality and six-month functional outcome in patients with severe head injury.
Prospective cohort study of 315 consecutive patients with severe head injury defined as a Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤ 8 within 6 hours post-resuscitation or deterioration within 48 hours.
Evaluated clinical signs, pre-hospital variables, intracranial pressure (ICP, n=167), and CT scan findings from admission through 6-month follow-up or death.
Developed prognostic models for mortality and 6-month outcome using multivariable logistic regression.
Mortality was significantly predicted by increasing age, hypotension, low Glasgow Coma Scale score, abnormal motor responses, pupillary non-reactivity, elevated or unresponsive ICP, cerebral oedema, intraventricular blood, and midline shift.
A multivariable logistic regression model combining age, abnormal motor responses, and three CT indicators (cerebral oedema, intraventricular blood, and midline shift) predicted mortality with 84.4% accuracy.
Prediction of poor 6-month survival achieved 72.5% accuracy using a model containing age, hypotension, subarachnoid blood, and intracerebral haematoma or contusion.

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Fearnside et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f52065d37378ac1dc645a https://doi.org/10.3109/02688699309023809

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