title: A prognostic model for head injury.
abstract: A prognostic model for head injured patients was developed. Patients fall into one of four prognostic categories at the end of the first hospital day: I. Discharge alive on or before the seventh hospital day. II. Discharge alive 8--42 days after admission. III. Discharge alive after 42 days, or dead after five years. IV. Discharge dead before five years. The outcome of 63% of the patients was predicted correctly. The model correctly placed, or missed by only one category, 97% of the patients observed. Errors tended to the optimistic side of observed outcomes. Age and pattern of consciousness were critical prognostic factors.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003243:Consciousness / Q000145:classification; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011379:Prognosis