Peter Pruitt, Richmond Castillo, Andrew Rogers, Shyam Prabhakaran, Kayla Muschong, Michael Scudder, Danielle M McCarthy, Jane L Holl, D Mark Courtney, Pierre Borczuk, Andrew Naidech
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The SafeSDH Tool was derived to identify patients with isolated (no other type of intracranial hemorrhage) subdural hematoma who are at very low risk of neurologic deterioration, neurosurgical intervention, or death. Patients are low risk by the tool if they have none of the following: use of anticoagulant or nonaspirin antiplatelet agent, Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) <14, more than 1 discrete hematoma, hematoma thickness >5 mm, or midline shift. We attempted to externally validate the SafeSDH Tool...
September 18, 2023: Annals of Emergency Medicine