Figures & data
Figure 1. Flowchart of the Dutch guideline for MTBI management.
GCS = Glasgow coma scale, ED = emergency department, CT = computed tomography, PTA = post-traumatic anterograde amnesia, MTBI = mild traumatic brain injury.
Figure 2. Study flowchart.
Table 1. Patient characteristics (n = 563).
Table 2. Hospital characteristics.
Table 3. Performed management subdivided into age groups.
Table 4. Dutch guideline adherence for hospital admission, brain CT and for both hospital admission and brain CT subdivided in age groups.
Table 5. Adherence Dutch MTBI guideline concerning brain CT and hospital admission (n = 563).
Table 6. Adherence Dutch MTBI guideline concerning brain CT and hospital admission in patients <2 years (n = 104).
Table 7. Adherence Dutch MTBI guideline concerning brain CT and hospital admission in patients 2–5 years (n = 177).
Table 8. Adherence Dutch guideline concerning brain CT and hospital admission in patients ≥6 to ≤17 years (n = 282).
Table 9. Difference between hospitals for performed management based on chi-squared test.
Table 10. Difference between hospitals for Dutch guideline adherence for hospital admission, brain CT and both (hospital admission and brain CT) based on chi-squared test.
Table 11. Performed management if guideline was not followed.
Table 12. Possible major criteria associated with none adherence Dutch guideline for brain CT, hospital admission and both brain CT and hospital admission.