Predicting the potential for recovery within 24 hours of a head injury

摘要: A linear discriminant model is applied to clinical and radiological signs from 492 consecutive head injuries transferred a neurosurgical unit over period of four years. Unstable discriminators may be eliminated those remaining transformed interval scales in order release their full prognostic potential. Patient selection criteria included being coma, judged the accident emergency (A & E) department susceptible developing complicating secondary event, having depressed fracture presenting evidence leakage cerebrospinal fluid. These are considerably less restrictive than most other injury series. The study also ambitious attempting prognosis after only 24 hours. virtues early accurate include counselling relatives, patient for new forms treatment provide an aid towards medical audit. Neither relaxed attitude nor speed found jeopardize overall efficiency allocation which as high 91.5%. In fact misallocation slightly increased if attempted within 60 minutes admission E department.