Emergency Department Triage of Traumatic Head Injury Using a Brain Electrical Activity Biomarker: A Multisite Prospective Observational Validation Trial

ConclusionUsing an EEG‐based biomarker high accuracy of predicting the likelihood of being CT+ was obtained, with high NPV and sensitivity to any traumatic bleeding and to hematomas. Specificity was significantly higher than standard CT decision rules. The short time to acquire results and the ease of use in the ED environment suggests that EEG‐based classifier algorithms have potential to impact triage and clinical management of head‐injured patients.

Source: Academic Emergency Medicine - March 31, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Daniel Hanley, Leslie S. Prichep, Jeffrey Bazarian, J. Stephen Huff, Rosanne Naunheim, John Garrett, Elizabeth B. Jones, David W. Wright, John O'Neill, Neeraj Badjatia, Dheeraj Gandhi, Kenneth C. Curley, Richard Chiacchierini, Brian O'Neil, Dallas C. Hack Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research