TY - JOUR
T1 - Canadian CT head rule and New Orleans Criteria in mild traumatic brain injury
T2 - comparison at a tertiary referral hospital in Japan
AU - Mata-Mbemba, Daddy
AU - Mugikura, Shunji
AU - Nakagawa, Atsuhiro
AU - Murata, Takaki
AU - Kato, Yumiko
AU - Tatewaki, Yasuko
AU - Takase, Kei
AU - Kushimoto, Shigeki
AU - Tominaga, Teiji
AU - Takahashi, Shoki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Mata-Mbemba et al.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - We compared Canadian computed tomography (CT) head rule (CCHR) and New Orleans Criteria (NOC) in predicting important CT findings in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). We included 142 consecutive patients with mild TBI [Glasgow coma scale (GCS) 13–15] who showed at least one of the risk factors stated in the CCHR or the NOC. We introduced two scores: a Canadian from the CCHR and a New Orleans from the NOC. A patient’s score represented a sum of the number of positive items. We examined the relationship between scores or items and the presence of important CT findings. Only the Canadian was significantly associated with important CT findings in multivariate analyses and showed higher area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) either in all 142 patients (GCS 13–15: P = 0.0130; AUC = 0.69) or in the 67 with a GCS = 15 (P = 0.0128, AUC = 0.73). Of items, “>60 years” or “≥65 years” included in either guideline was the strongest predictor of important CT finding, followed by “GCS < 15 after 2 h” included only in the CCHR. In a tertiary referral hospital in Japan, CCHR had higher performance than the NOC in predicting important CT findings.
AB - We compared Canadian computed tomography (CT) head rule (CCHR) and New Orleans Criteria (NOC) in predicting important CT findings in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). We included 142 consecutive patients with mild TBI [Glasgow coma scale (GCS) 13–15] who showed at least one of the risk factors stated in the CCHR or the NOC. We introduced two scores: a Canadian from the CCHR and a New Orleans from the NOC. A patient’s score represented a sum of the number of positive items. We examined the relationship between scores or items and the presence of important CT findings. Only the Canadian was significantly associated with important CT findings in multivariate analyses and showed higher area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) either in all 142 patients (GCS 13–15: P = 0.0130; AUC = 0.69) or in the 67 with a GCS = 15 (P = 0.0128, AUC = 0.73). Of items, “>60 years” or “≥65 years” included in either guideline was the strongest predictor of important CT finding, followed by “GCS < 15 after 2 h” included only in the CCHR. In a tertiary referral hospital in Japan, CCHR had higher performance than the NOC in predicting important CT findings.
KW - Canadian computed tomography (CT) head rule
KW - Computed tomography (CT)
KW - Mild traumatic brain injury
KW - New Orleans Criteria
KW - Traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1186/s40064-016-1781-9
DO - 10.1186/s40064-016-1781-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959331097
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - SpringerPlus
JF - SpringerPlus
SN - 2193-1801
IS - 1
M1 - 176
ER -