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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) accounts for 80% to 90% of all cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) worldwide. Recovery often occurs in weeks to months without special therapy, but a subgroup of patients experience persistent post-traumatic complains such as forgetfulness, irritability, and problems with concentration.
To characterize the history of recovery of patients with mTBI, investigators enrolled 1154 mTBI patients and 299 patients with peripheral orthopedic traumatic injury (controls; OTCs) and followed them to 12 months after injury. The investigators used computed tomography (CT) to determine the presence or not of acute intracranial findings and measured its association with outcomes. The primary outcome measure was the Glasgo…