title: Causes and outcomes of mild traumatic brain injury: an analysis of CIREN data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Charles McC. Mathias National Study Center for Trauma and EMS, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dischinger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerns
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kufera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jawed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bents
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology