Current practice n=1750 | HIDATq negative n=1052 | HIDATq positive n=687 | No HIDATq trigger n=11 | |
CT brain due to trauma | 72 | 1 | 60 | 11 |
TBI-CT | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
ciTBI | 0 | – | – | – |
Admissions | 49 | 4 | 41 | 4 |
Admission post CT | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Intubated | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Transfer | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Data refers to current practice versus HIDATq.
Abnormalities on CT (n=7): orbital fracture (4), base of skull fracture (1), parietal fracture with subdural (1),and intracranial haemorrhage (1).
Presenting complaints of patients with no HIDATq trigger (n=11): headache (2), eye injury (2), polytrauma (1), vomiting (1), seizure (1), crying infant (1), drowning (1), intoxicated (1) and ear injury (1).
ciTBI, clinically important traumatic brain injury; HIDATq, Head Injury Discharge At Triage questionnaire; TBI-CT, traumatic brain injury on computed tomography.