Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries in adults: an evidence and consensus-based update

BMC Medicine

Bertil Romner¹  Tor Ingebrigtsen³  Johan Undén² 

[1] Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Södra Förstadsgatan 101, 20502 Malmö, Sweden;Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Sykehusveien 38, 9038 Tromsö, Norway

关键词: S100/S100B/S100BB;    routines;    prediction rule;    management;    head/brain injury/trauma;    guidelines;    GRADE;    computed tomography;   

Others  :  857173
DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-11-50

 received in 2012-10-18, accepted in 2013-02-25,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries is still controversial. In 2000, the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee (SNC) presented evidence-based guidelines for initial management of these injuries. Since then, considerable new evidence has emerged.

Methods

General methodology according to the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II framework and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Systematic evidence-based review according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology, based upon relevant clinical questions with respect to patient-important outcomes, including Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) and Centre of Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) quality ratings. Based upon the results, GRADE recommendations, guidelines and discharge instructions were drafted. A modified Delphi approach was used for consensus and relevant clinical stakeholders were consulted.

Conclusions

We present the updated SNC guidelines for initial management of minimal, mild and moderate head injury in adults including criteria for computed tomography (CT) scan selection, admission and discharge with suggestions for monitoring routines and discharge advice for patients. The guidelines are designed to primarily detect neurosurgical intervention with traumatic CT findings as a secondary goal. For elements lacking good evidence, such as in-hospital monitoring, routines were largely based on consensus. We suggest external validation of the guidelines before widespread clinical use is recommended.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Undén et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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