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SUBMITTER: Peters ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480396 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peters Matthew E ME Hsu Michael M Rao Vani V Roy Durga D Narapareddy Bharat R BR Bechtold Kathleen T KT Sair Haris I HI Van Meter Timothy E TE Falk Hayley H Hall Anna J AJ Lyketsos Constantine G CG Korley Frederick K FK
Brain injury 20180919 13-14
<h4>Objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to assess whether study population definition influences the effect of age on outcomes after blunt head trauma. We hypothesized that examining 'all comers' receiving head computerized tomography after blunt head trauma, fewer older individuals would meet Veterans Administration and Department of Defense (VA/DoD) criteria for traumatic brain injury (TBI), and would, therefore, display better outcomes than younger cohorts. However, restricting to pa ...[more]