Kathleen R Ran, Melanie Alfonzo Horowitz, Jiaqi Liu, Vikas N Vattipally, Joseph M Dardick, John R Williams, Jordina Rincon-Torroella, Risheng Xu, Debraj Mukherjee, Elliott R Haut, Jose I Suarez, Judy Huang, Chetan Bettegowda, Tej D Azad, James P Byrne
OBJECTIVE: The Glasgow Coma Scale-Pupils (GCS-P) score has been suggested to better predict patient outcomes compared with GCS alone, while avoiding the need for more complex clinical models. This study aimed to compare the prognostic ability of GCS-P versus GCS in a national cohort of traumatic subdural hematoma (SDH) patients. METHODS: Patient data were obtained from the National Trauma Data Bank (2017-2019). Inclusion criteria were traumatic SDH diagnosis with available data on presenting GCS score, pupillary reactivity, and discharge disposition...
May 3, 2024: Journal of Neurosurgery