Table 6 Compliance with Scandinavian guidelines for minimal, mild and moderate head injuries
Compliance to Scandinavian guidelines | Minimal injury | Mild injury | Moderate injury | Missing data or not classifiable | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 275 | N = 525 | N = 160 | N = 365 | N = 1325 | |
Compliance with CT recommendation | |||||
Yes | 126 (45.8%) | 525 (100%) | 160 (100%) | 78 (21.4%) | 889 (67.1%) |
No | 149 (54.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 149 (11.2%) |
Impossible to assess | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 287 (78.6%) | 287 (21.7%) |
Compliance with admittance recommendation | |||||
Yes | |||||
No | 102 (37.1%) | 290 (55.2%) | 82 (51.2%) | 120 (32.9%) | 594 (44.8%) |
Impossible to assess or admitted due | 16 (5.8%) | 68 (13.0%) | 25 (15.6%) | 9 (2.5%) | 118 (8.9%) |
to other reasons than head injury | 157 (57.1%) | 167 (31.8%) | 53 (33.1%) | 236 (64.7%) | 613 (46.3%) |
Compliance with both CT and admittance recommendations | |||||
Yes | |||||
No | 12 (4.4%) | 289 (55.0%) | 81 (50.6%) | 31 (8.5%) | 413 (31.2%) |
Impossible to assess | 152 (55.3%) | 69 (13.1%) | 26 (16.2%) | 9 (2.5%) | 256 (19.3%) |