<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: The Marshall computed tomography (CT) system for classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) includes the most important independent prognostic variables except for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH).Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic effect of tSAH on different injury types based on the Marshall CT system.Methods: We performed a retrospective study. All patients with severe closed head injury admitted from February 2011 to July 2012 were included. Their scans were classified into two groups: localized injury and diffuse injury using the Marshall classification. Outcomes were compared between patients with tSAH and those without tSAH among the two groups.Results: Ninety-six patients were included in this study. Seventy-two (75%) were found to have tSAH, and outcomes significantly negatively correlated with tSAH in both localized injury and diffused injury groups.Conclusions: tSAH had an important effect on the patients’ outcome. Although the Marshall classification includes important independent prognostic variables, tSAH should also be added.</abstract>

Background: The Marshall computed tomography (CT) system for classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) includes the most important independent prognostic variables except for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH).Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic effect of tSAH on different injury types based on the Marshall CT system.Methods: We performed a retrospective study. All patients with severe closed head injury admitted from February 2011 to July 2012 were included. Their scans were classified into two groups: localized injury and diffuse injury using the Marshall classification. Outcomes were compared between patients with tSAH and those without tSAH among the two groups.Results: Ninety-six patients were included in this study. Seventy-two (75%) were found to have tSAH, and outcomes significantly negatively correlated with tSAH in both localized injury and diffused injury groups.Conclusions: tSAH had an important effect on the patients’ outcome. Although the Marshall classification includes important independent prognostic variables, tSAH should also be added.

Prognostic value of the Marshall computed tomography classification for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003,

Asian Biomedicine

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Background: The Marshall computed tomography (CT) system for classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) includes the most important independent prognostic...

Prognostic value of the Marshall computed tomography classification for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 609 - 614

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0805.334

Keywords
Marshall CT classification, severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH)

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Prognostic value of the Marshall computed tomography classification for traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 609 - 614

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0805.334

KeywordsMarshall CT classification, severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH)

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Marshall CT classification, severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH)