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. 2011 Jan 8;8(1):39–53. doi: 10.1007/s13311-010-0003-3

Table 4.

Rotterdam Score for Probability of Mortality in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Predictor Score
Basal cisterns 0
  Normal 1
  Compressed 2
  Absent
Midline shift 0
  No shift or shift ≤5 mm 1
  Shift >5 mm
Epidural mass lesion 0
  Present 1
  Absent
Intraventricular or subarachnoid hemorrhage 0
  Absent 1
  Present
Sum score* +1

*The sum score predicts 6-month mortality as follows: 1 = 0% mortality; 2 = 7% mortality; 3 = 16% mortality; 4 = 26% mortality; 5 = 53% mortality; 6 = 61% mortality.