Table 2.

Modified Denver screening criteria for blunt cerebrovascular injuries [2]

Signs of blunt cerebrovasuclar injury	Risk factors for blunt cerebrovascular injury
Arterial bleeding	High-energy trauma mechanism combined with:  Le Fort II/III fracture  Cervical spine fractures (subluxations, CI-CIII fractures, fractures extending to the transverse foramen)  Basilar skull fracture with carotid canal involvement  Diffuse axonal injury with GCS ≤6  Near hanging with anoxic brain injury  Combination of traumatic brain injury and thorax trauma
Cervical hematoma
Focal neurological deficiency
Neurological findings not matching with CT findings
Ischemic insult seen on a secondary CT scan
Cervical heart murmur