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. 2017 Dec 15;8:695. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00695

Table 4.

Road-traffic injury-Related head injury (HI) from Nigeria: brain and systemic trauma severity categorization.

Brain/injury severity Proportion
Severity of HI using the GCS
Mild (GCS 13–15) 415 (49.8)
Moderate (GCS 9–12) 230 (27.6)
Severe (GCS 3–8) 188 (22.6)

AIS_Head
1–3 221 (26.5)
>3 612 (73.5)

Brain CT Rotterdam score (N = 584)
1–2 288 (49.3)
≥3 296 (50.7)

Injury Severity Score (ISS)
Median 26.0 (IQR 17–34)
ISS 1–25 412 (49.5)
ISS > 25 421 (50.5)

Numbers in parentheses are % unless otherwise stated.

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale (version 1990); CT, computed tomography; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; HI, head injury; IQR, interquartile range.