In patients with mild TBI, are brain-specific serum biomarkers predictive of an acute traumatic intracranial injury?
Adult patients (16 years of age or older) with blunt trauma to the head who present to the emergency department (ED) within 24 hours of injury and who have a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 14 or 15 on initial evaluation in the ED Note: This guideline is not intended for patients with penetrating trauma or multisystem trauma, who are younger than 16 years, or who have a GCS score of less than 14 on initial evaluation in the ED.
