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Investigators retrospectively reviewed the charts of 321 patients presenting to a single trauma center over a 5-year period with mild head injury, intracranial bleeding, and normal neurologic status (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score, 15) 24 hours after arrival. Outcomes for patients who underwent repeat head computed tomography (CT; 142) were compared with those who did not (179). A mild head injury was defined as one associated with loss of consciousness, retrograde amnesia, or both and a GCS score >12 on arrival.
Demographics, injury severity, and disposition from the emergency department or hospital were similar for both groups. No patient in either group required neurosurgical intervention or change in management, and none died; all had fa…