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Validation of the cutaneous impact location to predict intracranial lesion among elderly admitted to the Emergency Department after a ground-level fall.
Injury
May 2023
Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse Hospital, Toulouse, France; EQUITY Team, CERPOP, INSERM, Toulouse, France.
Article Synopsis
- In many emergency rooms, a lot of CT scans are done on older people who fall and hurt their heads.
- Researchers found that where a person gets hit on their head can help predict if they have serious brain injuries.
- The study included over a thousand older patients, and certain factors like losing consciousness or having a bruise on their head showed a higher chance of serious brain damage.