Furger Robyn E, Nelson Lindsay D, Brooke Lerner E, McCrea Michael A
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI ; Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Concussion. 2016 Mar;1(2). doi: 10.2217/cnc.15.11. Epub 2015 Nov 16.
Determine the frequency of factors that complicate identification of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in emergency department (ED) patients.
Chart review.
MATERIALS & METHODS: Records of 3,042 patients (age 18-45) exposed to a potential mechanism of mTBI were reviewed for five common complicating factors and signs of mTBI.
Most patients (65.1%) had at least one complicating factor: given narcotics in the ED (43.7%), on psychotropic medication (18.4%), psychiatric diagnosis (15.3%), alcohol consumption near time of admission (14.2%), and pre-admission narcotic prescription (8.9%).
Our findings highlight the frequency of these confounding factors in this population. Future research should identify how these factors interact with performance on assessment measures to improve evidence-based mTBI assessment in this population.
确定急诊科(ED)患者中使轻度创伤性脑损伤(mTBI)识别复杂化的因素的出现频率。
病历回顾。
对3042例(年龄18 - 45岁)有mTBI潜在机制的患者记录进行回顾,以查找五个常见的复杂因素和mTBI体征。
大多数患者(65.1%)至少有一个复杂因素:在急诊科接受过麻醉药物治疗(43.7%)、正在服用精神药物(18.4%)、有精神疾病诊断(15.3%)、入院前近期饮酒(14.2%)以及入院前有麻醉药物处方(8.9%)。
我们的研究结果突出了这些混杂因素在该人群中的出现频率。未来的研究应确定这些因素如何与评估指标的表现相互作用,以改善该人群中基于证据的mTBI评估。