@article{ref1,
title="Mild head injury: a misnomer",
journal="Brain injury",
year="1999",
author="Tellier, A. and Della Malva, L. C. and Cwinn, A. and Grahovac, S. and Morrish, W. and Brennan-Barnes, Maureen",
volume="13",
number="7",
pages="463-475",
abstract="Despite controversy surrounding the concept of mild head injury (MHI), it is becoming evident that even a head trauma termed 'mild' may result in significant behavioural sequelae. The present study was an attempt at documenting structural cerebral damage, by way of computerized tomography, in a group of patients having suffered a MHI as defined by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score. A 1-year retrospective chart review identified 80 MHI patients who presented to the Emergency department of a lead hospital for trauma. Sixty-six per cent of these MHI patients were scanned. Evidence of intracranial abnormalities was obtained in 31% of the overall sample. Patients with a lower GCS score had a higher percentage of abnormal scans than those with a GCS score of either 14 or 15. The present findings suggest that a MHI can be associated with significant morbidity, and that a MHI group does not constitute a homogeneous pool of patients.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}