The Increasing Age of TBI Patients at a Single Level 1 Trauma Center and the Discordance Between GCS and CT Rotterdam Scores in the Elderly

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently encountered in geriatric patients, but there is a paucity of data describing TBI in the elderly. Here, we show the age of patients with TBI is increasing at our medical center and discuss the relationship between age and injury severity with p...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Garza, Atrin Toussi, Machelle Wilson, Kiarash Shahlaie, Ryan Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
TBI
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00112/full