Table 1.
Classification of traumatic brain injuries
| Patho-anatomy | |||
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| Diffuse | Focal | ||
| Concussion (< 6 h) | Contusion (≥ 6 h) | ||
| Traumatic axonal injury/diffuse axonal injury | Penetrating | ||
| Explosion | Hematoma | ||
| Abusive head trauma | - Epidural | ||
| - Subarachnoid | |||
| - Subdural | |||
| - Intraventricular | |||
| - Intracerebral | |||
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| Severity of head trauma | |||
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| LOC | PTA | GCS | |
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| Mild | ≤ 30 min | ≤ 24 h | 13–15 |
| Moderate | > 30 min, ≤ 24 h | > 24 h, ≤ 7 d | 9–12 |
| Severe | > 24 h | > 7 d | 3–8 |
The data are sourced from Hill et al. (2016) and Jang (2018). GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; LOC: loss of consciousness; PTA: post-traumatic amnesia.