Research Article
Blood Glucose Levels May Aid the Decision for CT Scan in Minor Head Trauma
Table 1
Patients’ demographics and characteristics.
| Age (years) | | Sex | | Male | 110 (69.2%) | Female | 49 (30.8%) | GCS score | | 13 | 10 (6.3%) | 14 | 23 (14.5%) | 15 | 126 (79.2%) | Mechanism of injury | | Fall | 75 (47.2%) | Motor vehicle accident | 57 (35.8%) | Assault | 13 (8.2%) | Others | 14 (8.8%) | Vomiting | | Yes | 57 (35.8) | No | 98 (61.6%) | Unknown | 4 (2.5%) | Loss of consciousness | | Yes | 69 (43.3%) | No | 85 (53.5%) | Unknown | 5 (3.2%) | Posttraumatic amnesia | | Yes | 72 (45.3%) | No | 84 (52.8%) | Unknown | 3 (1.9%) | Alcohol intoxication | | Yes | 27 (17%) | No | 132 (83%) |
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