Table 1.
PECARN Definition of TBI on Head CT Imaging
Intracranial hemorrhage or contusion |
Cerebral edema |
Traumatic infarction |
Diffuse axonal injury |
Shearing injury |
Sigmoid sinus thrombosis |
Midline shift of intracranial contents or signs of brain herniation |
Diastasis of the skull |
Pneumocephalus |
Skull fracture depressed by at least the width of the table of the skull |